Re: Running X in runlevel 3

[Ian Chapman <packages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David G. Miller wrote:

> I strongly recommend the "start in run level 3" approach to anyone 
> having trouble getting their video setup configured.  That way 
> ctrl-alt-backspace can kill the X session if the need arises and you 
> don't end up with X cycling until you reboot.

At least since about FC2 (maybe FC4) this shouldn't generally happen as 
gdm will detect X respawning too fast and popup a console message 
warning that X couldn't be started. It tries something like 5 or 6 times 
before giving up. You are then free to use any of the VTs to fix the issue.

--
Ian Chapman.