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Old 02-24-2004, 04:03 AM   #1
xspider
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How to stop xwindows form running


Not sure how to put this, but I would like to not boot up into xwindows. I'm using redhat 9. Thanks for any help that you can give me.
 
Old 02-24-2004, 04:19 AM   #2
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Open up /etc/inittab with your favorite editor as root.

Find "id:5:initdefault:" (around line 18), change the 5 to 3.

Be sure to read the stuff on top of that which defines the different runlevels.
 
  


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