Starting Woody without X

softgun · 08-13-2003, 03:10 PM

My install goes straight into X-windows. How can I start Debian Linux so that I do NOT start X but go to the CLI when I want to?
For example if X-windows hangs everytime and I want to go to the CLI and look around?

dowmun · 08-14-2003, 08:54 AM

Hi,
If you are really wanting to start without x-windows, you can edit the /etc/innitab file so that your default runlevel is 1. I believe this runlevel is used for maintenance.
If possible, I think that a better solution would be to leave that file alone, and use either < ctrl-alt-F1 > or <ctrl-alt-backspace> . One of these should get you back to a command prompt.
Hope this helps.

arunshivanandan · 08-14-2003, 09:04 AM

edit /etc/inittab
change 5 in 'id:5:initdefault' into 3 to have multiuser textmode as default.

softgun · 08-15-2003, 12:48 PM

Thanks everyone!
I solved it by typing Linux 1 or 3 at the lilo boot prompt.
I normally go to X. But if I want to I do this now.
I had a driver problem and x crashed and the machine stopped responding everytime I started it! So I had to go to the CLI and reconfigure X and choose a different video driver. Now everything is fine.....