And yea, on Monday 02 April 2001 17:02, verily David Rankin doth
wroteth:
> This is going to sound really dumb, but "How do I get back to my
Hi David, firstly, no question is dumb, only the people that ask it...
just kidding!!!
> Anyway, to try and set it through linuxconf I did a
> [ctrl]+[alt]+[backspace] to get to runlevel 3. Now I don't know how
> to get back! I can startx an get back into x but when I log out, I am
> sent back to the text login screen. So I know this is a dumb
> question, but how do I get back to the graphical logon? I know I can
> reboot and do it, but can I do it without rebooting?
All you gotta do (as root) is #init <runlevel>
example: #init 5 (the hash is the prompt).
One note before I head home. The only time you need to reboot a linux
machine is if it completely locks up (very rare) and if you wanna load
a new kernel. Other than that, I dont see a reason too.
Enjoy the penguin!
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