[GLLUG] Re: Booting into text mode

Ben Pfaff blp@cs.stanford.edu
14 Feb 2002 10:11:22 -0800


Reza Beha <reza_beha@yahoo.com> writes:

> Thanks, everyone, for all the help!
> 
> I tried Ctrl-Alt-F1 and it does the trick.  From
> there, my current plan is to drop to runlevel 3 to
> kill any X processes, then go back into runlevel 5
> (using the "telinit" command).  I prefer using X
> because it offers a higher-resolution shell window
> than what I get in text-only mode, and it looks cool
> to boot (no pun intended).

So your system boots in runlevel 5, you switch it to runlevel 3,
then you switch it back to runlevel 5?  Net effect being: zero.
What's the point?
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