On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 18:13 +0200, 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 > > Differ from jusy typing > Ctrl+Alt+F1? > Typing CTRL-Alt-F1 puts you in text mode but in run level 5. X is still running. If I wanted to change the display it would be worth while toi change it in init level 3 and then go back to init level 5. X + gnome for example are rather CPU users. Maybe I want that extra CPU time. There are many other reasonsd to be in init 3 from time to time. ======================================================================= VMS version 2.0 ==> ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
