Ali Helmy wrote:
> Just for knowledge, when I press Ctrl+Alt+FX i get to a different session,
> where X=1-6 leads to a text mode, and X=7-12 leads to a graphical one...
> Now, is there some way where I can change the default? I mean:
>
> A) Make the default start-up just the console, but still be able to start
> the graphical one?
Yes. *Carefully* edit /etc/inittab as root. In the section that looks
like:
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have
# networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:
change that last 5 to a 3.
Then when you want to start X, log in and type "startx".
> B) Change the shortcuts, so that Ctrl+Alt+F1 = text-based, Ctrl+Alt+F2 =
> graphical based?
I haven't tried this. But I imagine commenting out the lines
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
further down in the same file would do the job.
Keep one text-based console, though. You may need it if there's a
problem with X.
Hope this helps,
James.
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