On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Joel B wrote:
>I currently have linux booting directly into the x-windows logon screen
>instead of the standard linux login screen ie;
>
>Kernel 2.2.15-4mdk on an i686
>login:
>
>How do I exit x-windows completely and drop me to my shell prompt?
>As of now my only option is to 'logoff' which will simply drop me back to
>the x-windows logon screen.
Through linuxconf, or a ...drake...utility of which I don't remember the
name, change the runlevel (bootmode) to 3. My prefered way:
su
vi /etc/inittab
/initdefault
i
change initdefault to 3
escape
:wq
Paul
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