On 06/04/19 14:13 (GMT-0400) Les Mikesell apparently typed: >> Plus, I boot to runlevel 3. I start 5 only after I know which xorg >> config is active, as I don't necessarily always want the same one as >> last start. When I want a different config, I drop back to 3, switch the >> config, then go back to 5. I'm annoyed that the login tty where I make >> the switch doesn't return a prompt to let me know it finished, since >> sometimes, the normal near instant return doesn't happen until after >> some insufferable and inexplicable wait. > If you are doing this manually, why don't you start X with > "startx" from the command line instead of 'init 5'. Then I often do. Sometimes I want to retain a user login choice until seeing the reaction I get from the login manager. > when you exit (log out of X or ctl-alt-backspace) you will > be back where you started instead of having the system doing > a lot of stuff mostly unrelated to your session or what you > want to happen. Depends what I'm messing with. Often I can tell if I got the desired result(s) just from the login manager, which is quicker than waiting for a whole desktop and open apps to load, and then close if I need to do it again. -- "Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them." Ephesians 5:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/
