Turning off the GUI

tntcoder · 06-29-2006, 07:41 PM

Hi,

Is it possible to turn off the GUI in OpenSUSE? Ive just installed it and its auto booting into the grapical system, as im using it for a server i dont really want this, just command mode will do me fine. But i dont want to get rid of the GUI system in case i need it, Can it be like slackware so i can just use StartX when required?

Thanks
Jack

pljvaldez · 06-29-2006, 07:51 PM

Yes. You need to edit the /etc/inittab file. you'll want to edit the line id:5:initdefualt: near the top and change the number 5 to 3. If don't want to reboot, type init3 from a termial to drop down to a gui less environment.

EclipseAgent · 06-29-2006, 11:21 PM

Yup.. plj said it..

just change default init level to 3 in the inittab file under /etc