> > you MUST switch to VT1 ( or any VT between 1 and 6 ) and work there. That > is > > what runlevel 3 means. > > As I queried above, it's my understanding that a VT and running in level 3 > are > not synonymous? > > The difference between runlevel 5 and 3 is that in runlevel 3 there is no X server ( the graphical UI thing on VT7 ) running, while in 5 , there is one running. That is the only difference. On your question how mingetty survives kill -9, it does not. It dies and then the init process starts a new "copy" of it. > -- > Matt > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
