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12-04-2004 #1
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Switching from xwindow to commandline
I have installed RHEL 3 on VMware. I selected GUI start up during the installation. So now, everytime i start up Red Hat it will start in GUI.
But how do I switch it to Command Line Interface ? I try using the shortcut key - CTRL + ALT + F7, but is not working.
I do understand that there is a terminal window in GUI. But my intention is to switch to the command line interface.
Need some guidelines here...i'm new to Linux...
Thanks.
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12-04-2004 #2
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I'm not sure if this the source of the problem but Ctrl-Alt-F7 is rather unfortunate if you have 6 terminals, i.e. the shortcut is used to take you back to XWindows (the GUI). Try pushing Ctrl-Alt-F1 .. Ctrl-Alt-F6, this should work.
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12-06-2004 #3
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Hi,
I don't know if I got this right but the problem is in your vmware session?!
I think only ALT+F1-F6 works, hitting CTRL+ALT just makes you leave you vmware session right?
Cheers
Jonas--
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12-06-2004 #4
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Ctrl+alt+F1 ............... Ctrl+AltF6 are tty console from 1to 6 and You can back on Xwindows by pressing Alt+F7
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12-07-2004 #5
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You could make it boot into text-mode only by default by opening an xterm, and editing /etc/inittab and changing:
id:5:initdefault
to:
id:3:initdefault
I am sure that is not right, but I don't have a SysVInit style machine handy. Either way, the initdefault, change it from 5 to 3. Then in the xterm, you can type 'telinit 3' to change to runlevel 3 automatically, turning off X.
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12-07-2004 #6
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You can switch from X to console by entering "init 3" in any terminal (like xterm), although I think you have to be root (just enter "su" and enter the password for root)
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12-07-2004 #7
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if I have fluxbox running in tty7, and then switch to tty6, for example, could I then start GNOME in tty6 while fluxbox is still running in tty7? That would be amazingly useful.
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12-07-2004 #8
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I don't think you can run a GUI in consoles 1-6, but I did get two X sessions by running first the normal one, then running gdm on screen 1 (console 8 ).
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12-09-2004 #9
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try ctrl + backspace that should stop the X session and take you back to the command line then to restart your X session type in startx