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runlevel 4 98 43.17%
startx 125 55.07%
X? Console is all I ever need 4 1.76%
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Old 10-22-2009, 12:47 PM   #1
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Do you boot into runlevel 4 or do you use startx?

If you want a graphical login prompt with slackware, then you have to edit /etc/inittab with a text editor. Then you boot into runlevel 4.

Otherwise you need to type "startx" after logging in in the terminal.

Which option do you use?
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Old 10-22-2009, 12:50 PM   #2
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startx
 
Old 10-22-2009, 12:52 PM   #3
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Startx
 
Old 10-22-2009, 01:04 PM   #4
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I used to startx for a really long time. I think last time i had used a login manager was in my fedora core days 4 years ago.
Recently when i switched for the first time ever to KDE, i started using KDM.
I am still having some second thoughts about this though. For example i dont know how to update the NVIDIA driver without editing /etc/inittab, rebooting, login into console and and then re-edit it again, reboot and log into init 4. And as far as i can tell, there is no other way.
 
Old 10-22-2009, 01:08 PM   #5
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startx
 
Old 10-22-2009, 01:16 PM   #6
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startx for me.
 
Old 10-22-2009, 01:37 PM   #7
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I read about another way that starts an X session automagically without a login manager: add startx command to .profile
Somebody suggested it in a FreeBSD forum I was reading, and I thought it was a nice hack :-D

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i dont know how to update the NVIDIA driver without editing /etc/inittab, rebooting, login into console and and then re-edit it again, reboot and log into init 4. And as far as i can tell, there is no other way.
I think you can do the same thing this way:
1.- close your DE/WM session
2.- press Ctrl-Alt-F6 and login as root
3.- execute telinit 3
4.- do all the changes you need
5.- and then reboot if required, or just load the module and run telinit 4

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Old 10-22-2009, 01:39 PM   #8
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runlevel 4 for me.

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For example i dont know how to update the NVIDIA driver without editing /etc/inittab, rebooting, login into console and and then re-edit it again, reboot and log into init 4. And as far as i can tell, there is no other way.
Run telinit 3 as root.
 
Old 10-22-2009, 02:07 PM   #9
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Run level 4 for me; I like the convenience of a graphical log-in.
 
Old 10-22-2009, 02:11 PM   #10
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startx always..
 
Old 10-22-2009, 02:22 PM   #11
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I use run level 4, with automatic and passwordless login, going straight to the KDE desktop. I am the only user on this machine (my wife does check email and simple browsing), so it is very convenient for me.
 
Old 10-22-2009, 02:25 PM   #12
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flux actually
I have added a few aliases to allow my own simple startx invocations.

Mostly when I want X I just type 'flux', can anyone guess what that does?
 
Old 10-22-2009, 02:28 PM   #13
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I have added a few aliases to allow my own simple startx invocations.

Mostly when I want X I just type 'flux', can anyone guess what that does?
Uh...errrr...flushes the toilet??
 
Old 10-22-2009, 02:30 PM   #14
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How about startxfce4
 
Old 10-22-2009, 02:44 PM   #15
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Used to be startx, and only rarely, hardly ever did anything that needed a gui, but now instead of dual booting, my spouse gets booted right into a VM running Windows, so it's runlevel 4 for us
 
  


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