hello there

i'm trying to start fedora 16 on run level 3
from various reading, i come to conclusion on changing run level by changing the systemd default target

my default.target is now
$ ls -la /lib/systemd/system/default.target
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jan 2 16:57 /lib/systemd/system/default.target -> multi-user.target

but i notice that gdm is running

and when i run systemcty list-units --type=target it shows
graphical.target loaded active active Graphical Interface
multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User

it seems something is wrong since AFAIK run level 3 should not run gdm, and when multi.user.target is active, the graphical target should not.

Can anyone help me to properly run fedora 16 at run level 3.

I believe your symlink is pointing to the wrong location, try:
.. notice that the source should be in /lib not /etc as your post indicates

@kbp
thanks
i'll change my link

a few ways
ad a 3 to the end of the boot line during boot up
log in as a normal user into gnome and run