[techtalk] Can I change my mind now??

[Stewart Larsen]

The file you're looking for is /etc/inittab.  There is a line about halfway
down the file that controls the startup run level.  On a Mandrake system,
set this to 3 to boot into the command line.  It should currently be a 5 if
you boot into X.

    to start X later, type startx at the command line.   pretty sure you
have to do that as root, though I may be wrong.

Stewart

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jenn V." <jenn at simegen.com>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] Can I change my mind now??


>
>
> Storm wrote:
> >
> > Actually, ... I know I can :)
> > Ok,.. here's the question,.....
> >
> > When I installed Linux (Mandrake 7) I told it to automatically start the
KDE
> > ( or whatever, since it lets me choose from several GUIs).  I was
thinking
> > maybe I would start from a command line ( so that I don't let myself get
so
> > complacent and reliant on the KDE.) The question is,... where do I
change
> > this,... ?? (I'm fairly sure I can figure out the second step, that
being
> > when I'm tired of the commandline stuff, how to get back into the KDE
:) )
>
> I don't recall if this got answered.
>
> 1. You can call up the command line using an Xterm or an Eterm within
> KDE (or any other X-windows program). This is a very common thing.
>
> 2. You can use Alt-Ctrl-F1 (or F2, F3, etc) to go to a full screen
> virtual terminal. F1, btw, is your virtual console.
> Return with Ctrl-F7.
>
> 3. Many - not all, but many - window managers have an 'exit the
> window manager' option.
>
>
>
>
> Jenn V.
> --
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>    This is women's work!"
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>
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>
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