On 19/04/06, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ali Helmy wrote: > > A simple question: Why would I want to drop to runlevel 3 in the first > > place? I mean, when I need to run a text-only mode on FC5 [and on FC4 worked > > well too] I just press Ctrl+Alt+F[1-6] and I get a text mode... I mean, what > > would > > Ctrl+Alt+F1 > > then init 3 > > This would stop X. > > > Differ from jusy typing > > Ctrl+Alt+F1? > > This would leave X and all apps running. Use Ctrl-Alt-F7 to go back to X. > > You might want to go to runlevel 3 to change X drivers, which you > wouldn't want to do with X running. > Actually, I'd quite like to be able to do that with X running, although I suspect there's not much demand. -- imalone
