If you want it just once to shift into text mode, do
su - init 3
if you want to make it go into text mode by default when it reboots, do:
su - cp /etc/inittab /etc/inittab.bak vi /etc/inittab
find this line: id:5:initdefault:
change the "5" to "3"
<esc>:wq!
rebooot
Shadhin rahman wrote:
I just downloaded a newer version of XFree86 rpm. I
nee to configure that rpm. However, I dont know how
to start console mode. Everytime boot my system, it
automatically goes to kde desktop mode. I want to
start my system in console mode. I have redhat 9.0. Please help me. thank you.
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