[Fwd: Re: How to start in text mode and run startx after?]

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



this is mildly irritating...

My original email

> Hello,
> I installed Fedora Core 2 without any problem.
> When I boot the server, the system start in graphic mode by itself.
> I would like to start the system in text mode and launch the GUI by
hand
> with "startx".
> 
> Where can I tell fedora to start in text mode?
If you edit /etc/inittab, and change the line
id:5:initdefault:
to
id:3:initdefault:

This will boot your system in to run level 3 (not graphical).

-- 
Douglas Furlong
Systems Administrator
Firebox.com
T: 0870 420 4475        F: 0870 220 2178
--- Begin Message ---
E:Scan Tracking Number: BQ003f715c.00000001.mml

You recently attempted to send an e-mail to sde@xxxxxxxxx with a subject of Re: How to start in text mode and run startx after?. 
The message contained encrypted data and has been quarantined by the e:scan service. 

For more information contact:	postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

--- End Message ---

[Index of Archives]     [Current Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Yosemite News]     [Yosemite Photos]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]     [Fedora Docs]

  Powered by Linux