[techtalk] X win

Henti Smith hentis at is.co.za
Tue Oct 12 16:50:47 EST 1999


Hi there 

to get to console from where you are press ctrl-alt-f1/f2/f3/f4/f5 to get to
your text terminals . 

once there you can log in as normal .. 

your system is setup to startup in runlevel 5 ( X startup )

to change that edit your /etc/inittab file and search for init level and
change it from 5 to 3 :) 

runlevel 3 being multiuser networked console startup :) 

Henti / bain

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Baker [mailto:griffin2020 at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 4:35 PM
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: [techtalk] X win
> 
> 
> I am using X on the Mandrake 6.0...my problem is that I 
> cannot figure out 
> how to get to the command line.  This is not the only distro 
> I hav ever 
> used, but I have never seen this before.  When you close X it 
> gives the 
> logon screen...but not the command line logon...the X logon 
> (graphical)...at 
> boot X starts, asking for a logon.  I would much rather have 
> the machine 
> configured where I need to do a startx...but cannot figure 
> out how to get 
> there.
> 
> Thanks in advance...I am sure it is a simple fix, I am just 
> not seeing it.
> 
> -Jack
> 
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