On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 17:27 +0100, Ian Malone wrote: > 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. > You may want to do that with X running. However, since the driver is used when X is running and is inactive when X is not running it is not possible to do so. The driver is an integral part of the current X session and X has to be shutdown to unload the (old) driver from memory. > -- > imalone >
