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  1. 02-04-2008 #1
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    go into command-line only

    How do you go into command-line only mode anyway? Such that it does not show X?
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    Quote Originally Posted by alethiophile View Post
    How do you go into command-line only mode anyway? Such that it does not show X?
    You can edit the default runlevel line in /etc/inittab:

    Code:
    id:3:initdefault:
    Just change the number to whatever runlevel you want to boot into.
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    What are the runlevels? How do I change from one to another in-session?
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    You can use telinit to change to different runlevels on the fly.

    Go to a terminal/konsole and run man telinit to get a better understanding of the command itself, and runlevels.
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    How do you go into command-line only mode anyway? Such that it does not show X?
    First of all, Which distro are you using?

    You can boot up machine in command line mode by default in most of distros using method suggested by ozar.
    There is no inittab file in a few distros and one has to use alternative methods.

    Check runlevels here.
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    On Debian there is no need to change runlvels. All you simply do is
    Code:
    /etc/init.d/gdm stop
    If you want to always boot into the CLI by default you do
    Code:
    update-rc.d gdm remove
    In both examples, replace gdm with xdm or kdm if they are the login managers you use.
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  7. 02-05-2008 #7
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    go into command-line only at boot time

    You can also make a choice of runlevel at boot time.
    Both LILO and GRUB support this, here is some info.

    cheers, kai
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