Hi Neil,
I noticed that you already got three different reply's to your question but to
my knowledge none of them is a proper answer, so I'll give you a fourth
alternative.....;-)
But first I'll comment on why I don't consider the other one's to be realistic:
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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:53:06 -0500 (CDT)
Paul Gray wrote:
> In the standard installation, the default runlevel at boot is rc2.d. To stop
> the GUI from coming up, cd into /etc/rc2.d and remove the symlink to the
> /etc/init.d/gdm script. Inside /etc/rc2.d, it should be something like
> S99gdm.
If I was 'pretty new to Linux' I wouldn't understand a word of what Paul is
talking about, and I would not choose this method even as an experienced Linux
user.
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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:51:39 -0000
Ronald Castillo wrote:
> When the GUI loads, hit Control+Alt+F1 at the same time to go to pure text
> console 1.
This is of course right, but only in a way because you get into 'virtual'
console 1, which means that the X-server is still running. Hitting
Control+Alt+F1 does not kill the X-server.
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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:18:08 -0500
Wayne Sitton wrote:
> Just use dselect to uninstall xdm
Why on earth should you delete the X- display manager?
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That's what I would do:
The fastest and easiest way to kill the X-server to get into 'pure Linux shell'
is to push Control+Alt+Backspace+Delete all at the same time (this perhaps
doesn't work in all Linux distributions, but it does in many), when you want to
get back into GUI you just write the command;
startx
If you want to boot up in text mode permanently (but still keep the GUI) then
you can modify the file called; inittab, you'll find it in the /etc directory.
In the fifth line you can read:
id:2:initdefault:
There you can change the :2: into 3, save and reboot and you should be in text
mode, if not then you can try 4 or 5 (but NEVER 0 or 6). To get back into X or
GUI you just write:
startx
at the console. You can always change back the inittab file to runlevel 2.
Good luck what ever method you choose,
Helgi �rn
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Neil Latwood wrote:
[snip]
>
> I am pretty new to Linux and have just downloaded and installed Storm
> 2000.
>
> However after selecting to have a graphical interface load up on boot i
> have come to find that i can't get into a pure Linux shell only the one
> provided within kde or whichever program i use. Can someone point me in
> the direction of how to find out how to stop the GUI booting and the
> command to get it started when i actually want too.
[snip]
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