On Mon 28 May 2007 20:11:59 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote:

> >   init 3
> >   init 5

> Unfortunately, as all debian based distros run from runlevel 2
> (whether graphical or text based), that won't work. Will for RedHat
> and SuSE ( I assume as it's you posting ).

No actually, I was talking about LSB compliant distros... ;)

http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/runlevels.html

Pity Debian is not.

> However, even then, you may well be starting and stopping
> a log of unnecessary processes, depending on your setup.
> <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Backspace> and <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<F1> work from almost every
> distro I know of, and Slowlaris, HP-UX...

True, there are many ways to skin the same cat. The init trick is easy
to type and remember but has bad runtime efficiency, if that matters.
ctrl-alt-backspace is always good, if that's locked up you're in for a
remote login or a hard reset.

Volker

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