How to change RHEL to boot in text mode

gn00kie · 02-07-2006, 05:05 AM

Hi guys,we have a server which boots by default in GUI mode. My question is how to make it boot in text mode? Thanks in advance.

satinet · 02-07-2006, 05:20 AM

you probably need to set your default run level.

there will be a line in /etc/inittab that will say something linke

init:4:initdefault:

i dont know red hat but this needs to be changed to 3 on most system to not go gui. alternatively you could disable the rc.script that starts the x server. somewhere in /etc/rc.???. i will get called at whatever is the default run level.

You need to understand run levels in linux/unix, its very important....

gn00kie · 02-07-2006, 05:31 AM

thanks for the prompt reply. : )