On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 02:31:13PM -0600, Hans Fugal wrote: > Andres Gonzalez wrote: >> As you can tell, I am new to Ubuntu. The different root login architecture >> in Ubuntu I can live with--actually I think I kind of like it. >> But where is /etc/inittab in Ubuntu? Why is it not there? Why can I not >> go from console mode to graphics mode using telinit? In fact, why does >> telinit not seem to even work in Ubuntu? >> I guess I am just learning how different from each other these distros can >> actually be. > > I think it's because they use upstart[1]. As for going from one "mode" to > another, the Debian way is that you can use runlevels for whatever you want > but they're all the same by default, so using telinit to change runlevels > won't go from one "mode" to another (unless you set up your runlevels like > that manually). I would assume Ubuntu follows suit.
You assume correctly. sysv-rc-conf is a good tool for correcting that situation. But be careful what you shut down for different run levels. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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