On Friday 23 April 2004 4:19 am, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 20:59 4/22/2004, you wrote: > >All consoles are there in /etc/inittab. Console 1 was simply busy running > >X. The answer was to use CTRL+ALT+Backspace to terminate X. This bit I don't understand. X normally runs on console 7 onwards (You can have multiple X sessions running but it's something I've never done). > > I missed the start of this thread, but you can also boot into single-user > mode to edit /etc/inittab by: > > 1. Pressing 'c' to customize your startup in GRUB. > 2. Selecting the line that starts with "kernel" and pressing 'e' > to edit. > 3. Appending the word "single" to the kernel line. > 4. Pressing 'b' to boot. > > I may not have that down exactly since I'm not at a console right now, but > it's close. Once booted into single-user mode, edit /etc/inittab and find a > line like: > > id:5:default > > Change that "5" to a "3", then command "init 6" to reboot. The system will > then come up in runlevel 3 which is the same as 5 but in text-mode... no X > at all. You don't need to do the 'init 6' command. You can simply call 'init 3' to change to runlevel 3 immediately. Also, 'init 6' is depreciated. You should always use the 'shutdown' command. I believe it does additional stuff first. > > Cheers, -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000
