console

Dougall · 10-12-2002, 02:27 PM

im running rh 7.3 and im trying to install nvidia drivers, it says that you have to boot directly into the console and not be in x window. this may seem really stupid but i cant figure out how to boot directly into the console?

mrGee · 10-12-2002, 02:32 PM

Hi
at boottime hit ctrl+x (if you use lilo)
enter the right label (default =linux) and runlevel 3 like;
linux runlevel 3 then enter there you go

update; for bypassing the grub bootloader read this;
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/...ing-single.html
but type; runlevel 3 instead of single

good luck

Dougall · 10-12-2002, 02:37 PM

unfortunately im using grub as my boot loader so when i press ctrl -x it doesnt work. any other suggestions please thank you.

shakira · 10-12-2002, 05:14 PM

Hi
U can edit inittab file and in it set the default run level 3.
search for runlevel 5 in that file.

Dougall · 10-12-2002, 05:19 PM

thank you, got it by editing inittab. thanks for the help

adam_boz · 10-12-2002, 09:54 PM

also, if you boot to runlevel 5, you can hit "ctrl-alt-delete" to get back to console... (I think... I've never booted to runlevel 5)

MasterC · 10-13-2002, 01:51 AM

Well, actually Adam, as far as I've ever tried, it doesn't.

CTRL ALT DELETE usually reboots my systems
CTRL ALT BACKSPACE, if I booted to RL5, will just restart the X server, not kill it.

To kill it without editng that file, I CTRL ALT F2, login as root, and then:
init 3
and that kills it.

But I too never boot into RL5 anymore, so it's been a while and some of my syntax may be wrong there.

Cool