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Old 05-14-2001, 08:10 AM   #1
Bashkir
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I hit some stupid option in linux that makes it boot into xwindows all the time now and I want it to start out at just a command prompt again, could you please help me get it to start like this? Thanks.
 
Old 05-14-2001, 08:29 AM   #2
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You need to edit /etc/inittab and look for a line that contains the word initdefault. You will want to be in run level 3, so the line should look like this:
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id:3:initdefault:
 
  


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