Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-14 Thread Curt
On 2012-01-13, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: Just comparing the contents of /etc/rc1.d/ and /etc/rc2.d/ should give=20 you a few hints. Well, quite a few things are dead in runlevel one that are alive in runlevel two, including the network (I said one was a subset of two).

booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Bijoy Lobo
Hi Everyone, I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels from 2-5, although I would like to boot my debian box in CLI mode. Any way I can achieve this? -- Thanks and Regards Bijoy Lobo

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Bijoy Lobo bijoy.l...@paladion.net wrote: I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels from 2-5, although I would like to boot my debian box in CLI mode. You can add text to the linux grub line. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 04:21:11PM +0530, Bijoy Lobo wrote: Hi Everyone, I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels from 2-5, although I would like to boot my debian box in CLI mode. Any way I can achieve this? Out of the box, this is true, but it

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 13 ian 12, 07:06:12, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Bijoy Lobo bijoy.l...@paladion.net wrote: I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels from 2-5, although I would like to boot my debian box in CLI mode. You can add text to the linux

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 13 ian 12, 12:13:52, Darac Marjal wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 04:21:11PM +0530, Bijoy Lobo wrote: Hi Everyone, I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels from 2-5, although I would like to boot my debian box in CLI mode. Any way

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Brian
On Fri 13 Jan 2012 at 16:21:11 +0530, Bijoy Lobo wrote: I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels from 2-5, although I would like to boot my debian box in CLI mode. Any way I can achieve this? Your box already boots in CLI mode, it's just that you don't

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Brian
On Fri 13 Jan 2012 at 15:23:33 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 07:06:12, Tom H wrote: You can add text to the linux grub line. Do you have a reference on this? It is the first time I hear about it in 5+ years of Debian. /etc/init.d/gdm3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Don Juan
On 01/13/2012 05:27 AM, Brian wrote: On Fri 13 Jan 2012 at 15:23:33 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 07:06:12, Tom H wrote: You can add text to the linux grub line. Do you have a reference on this? It is the first time I hear about it in 5+ years of Debian. /etc/init.d/gdm3

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 13 ian 12, 05:47:10, Don Juan wrote: Or you could just set it in inittab. You can also hit edit on grub and just type 3 after your boot options and will over ride the switch to run level 5 and go to 3 There is no switch to runlevel 5 in stock Debian ;) (because runlevels 2-5 are

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 13 ian 12, 13:27:56, Brian wrote: On Fri 13 Jan 2012 at 15:23:33 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 07:06:12, Tom H wrote: You can add text to the linux grub line. Do you have a reference on this? It is the first time I hear about it in 5+ years of Debian.

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Don Juan
On 01/13/2012 06:02 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 05:47:10, Don Juan wrote: Or you could just set it in inittab. You can also hit edit on grub and just type 3 after your boot options and will over ride the switch to run level 5 and go to 3 There is no switch to runlevel 5 in

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 03:28:24PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 12:13:52, Darac Marjal wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 04:21:11PM +0530, Bijoy Lobo wrote: Hi Everyone, I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels from 2-5,

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 13 ian 12, 06:16:15, Don Juan wrote: On 01/13/2012 06:02 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 05:47:10, Don Juan wrote: Or you could just set it in inittab. You can also hit edit on grub and just type 3 after your boot options and will over ride the switch to run level 5 and go

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Dom
On 13/01/12 15:21, Darac Marjal wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 03:28:24PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 12:13:52, Darac Marjal wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 04:21:11PM +0530, Bijoy Lobo wrote: Hi Everyone, I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 13 ian 12, 15:21:27, Darac Marjal wrote: I agree that switching S to K is better than simply removing the link (it allows you to switch to that runlevel from any other, for example), but I don't agree that there's no need to edit the init script. Next time insserv is run, won't the

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Curt
On 2012-01-13, Bijoy Lobo bijoy.l...@paladion.net wrote: Hi Everyone, I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels from 2-5, although I would like to boot my debian box in CLI mode. Any way I can achieve this? For me the easiest way to boot into the cli is to

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Frank McCormick
On 13/01/12 11:40 AM, Curt wrote: On 2012-01-13, Bijoy Lobobijoy.l...@paladion.net wrote: Hi Everyone, I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels from 2-5, although I would like to boot my debian box in CLI mode. Any way I can achieve this? For me the

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread hvw59601
Brian wrote: On Fri 13 Jan 2012 at 15:23:33 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 07:06:12, Tom H wrote: You can add text to the linux grub line. Do you have a reference on this? It is the first time I hear about it in 5+ years of Debian. /etc/init.d/gdm3 Well I'll be darned.

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread hvw59601
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 13:27:56, Brian wrote: On Fri 13 Jan 2012 at 15:23:33 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 07:06:12, Tom H wrote: You can add text to the linux grub line. Do you have a reference on this? It is the first time I hear about it in 5+ years of

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Bob Proulx
hvw59601 wrote: Brian wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: Tom H wrote: You can add text to the linux grub line. Do you have a reference on this? It is the first time I hear about it in 5+ years of Debian. /etc/init.d/gdm3 But I don't find 'text' in kernel-parameters.txt of the kernel

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread hvw59601
Curt wrote: On 2012-01-13, Bijoy Lobo bijoy.l...@paladion.net wrote: Hi Everyone, I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels from 2-5, although I would like to boot my debian box in CLI mode. Any way I can achieve this? For me the easiest way to boot into the

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread hvw59601
Bob Proulx wrote: hvw59601 wrote: Brian wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: Tom H wrote: You can add text to the linux grub line. Do you have a reference on this? It is the first time I hear about it in 5+ years of Debian. /etc/init.d/gdm3 But I don't find 'text' in kernel-parameters.txt of the

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Curt
On 2012-01-13, Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: For me the easiest way to boot into the cli is to either disable or remove your display manager. For gdm3, for instance, you could disable that puppy: Isn't booting into maintenance mode basically the same as going to the

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Brian
On Fri 13 Jan 2012 at 11:49:38 -0600, hvw59601 wrote: True. But then is there a synopsis of *all* possible parameters of the cmdline? If you look at what /etc/init.d/gdm3 does to get the 'text' parameter the answer must be 'no'. The possible number is infinite. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 13 ian 12, 17:55:57, Curt wrote: Well, it's going to the cli, but as root, with only a subset of the regular system running (I think). I can't seem to find the exact definition of 'single user mode,' but I do not think it should be considered the equivalent of simply running your

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 07:06:12, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Bijoy Lobo bijoy.l...@paladion.net wrote: I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels from 2-5, although

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 12:13:52, Darac Marjal wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 04:21:11PM +0530, Bijoy Lobo wrote:    Hi Everyone,    I have read online that Debian Squeeze has no differentiation in runlevels    

Re: booting Debian-6 in run level 3

2012-01-13 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Don Juan donjuans...@gmail.com wrote: On 01/13/2012 05:27 AM, Brian wrote: On Fri 13 Jan 2012 at 15:23:33 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 07:06:12, Tom H wrote: You can add text to the linux grub line. Do you have a reference on this? It is