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Bashkir

05-14-2001 08:10 AM

I hit some stupid option in linux that makes it boot into xwindows all the time now and I want it to start out at just a command prompt again, could you please help me get it to start like this? Thanks.

jeremy

05-14-2001 08:29 AM

You need to edit /etc/inittab and look for a line that contains the word initdefault. You will want to be in run level 3, so the line should look like this:

Code:

id:3:initdefault:

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