HELP!! I dont want to boot to GUI anymore...want text

[kingpin2051]

Hello!

I recently installed RH 9.0 on my server with it booting
to GUI. But I realize now that I want it to boot to console
or text mode instead. I only want to go to GUI when I type "startx"

How do I fix this problem?

Thank you in advance!!

[serz]

As root, edit /etc/inittab.

Look for this line:

id:5:initdefault:

And change it to:

id:3:initdefault:

[kingpin2051]

really? Its that simple?
I kinda figured that out when I was trying to understand
the boot process, but I thought there would be more!

So all my settings should still be the same then when
it boots to text mode?

Thanks!!!!!

[serz]

Yes. You're only changing the runlevel.

For you to understand better, these are the runlevels:

0 - halt
1 - single user mode
2 - It's supossed to be multi-user without networking (not used really)
3 - multi-user
4 - configurable, I think some distros use it for something.
5 - X11 using KDM/GDM or whatever session manager you use
6 - reboot

[drakebasher]

So all my settings should still be the same then when
it boots to text mode?

Yes, pretty much. During boot, all of the lines with [OK] in green are the result of a bunch of script files that (with slight differences between distros) reside in /etc/rc.d/*. The difference between runlevel 3 (text console) and runlevel 5 (graphic console) is the difference in the contents of /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and /etc/rc.d/rc5.d (I'm not at my Linux machine so I can't confirm that this is all exactly right, but it should be close enough for you to understand the point). It is possible to arrange things so that there are differences between runlevel 3 and runlevel 5 other than the graphic display: that is, you could have certain servers run only in runlevel 5, etc and I don't think that running startx will change that. To be certain of having the same settings (other than coordinating rc3.d and rc5.d) would be to, instead of running startx from runlevel 3, you could use the command 'init 5'. That will result in a configuration exactly as it would be if /etc/inittab had initdefault set to 5. And that same command with the appropriate number can be used for the other runlevels as serz listed in the previous post.

[kingpin2051]

Thanks!

I just want to make sure that the apps and settings that I setup in
the gui will still work in text mode.

[sdousley]

For you to understand better, these are the runlevels:

0 - halt
1 - single user mode
2 - It's supossed to be multi-user without networking (not used really)
3 - multi-user
4 - configurable, I think some distros use it for something.
5 - X11 using KDM/GDM or whatever session manager you use
6 - reboot

though.... for the default runlevel NEVER use 0 or 6. else ur computer will just turn off on boot or simply reboot

[dylunio]

Just a note, Slackware uses runlevel 4 (not 5) as the one that loads X11 and whatever loginmanager you use.

dylunio

[sdousley]

Just a note, Slackware uses runlevel 4 (not 5) as the one that loads X11 and whatever loginmanager you use.

dylunio

That's because slack is stupid.

*runs and hides*

[serz]

I think that Slackware is the only distro that does that..