> Is there any particular benefit to starting X by saying "init 5" rather > than "startx" from runlevel 3? (Although, I can only do that as the > superuser...) I'm not sure quite what you are asking, but do you know you can switch between init levels by typing (as root) > telinit X where X is the level you want to switch to. Useful for instance if you want to drop down from 5 to 3 to upgrade X, gnome or KDE, or if you booted into init 3 and want to subsequently switch to 5 Not sure if this answers your question.... Chris
