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Old 07-02-2002, 06:04 PM   #1
safra
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from GUI to text mode?

Hi,

I installed Red Hat 7.3 and chose for boot in Graphic mode during installation, instead of text mode.

I can't figure out how to close the desktop environments and get into text mode.

How to do this?

thanks,
Ron
 
Old 07-02-2002, 06:12 PM   #2
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as root type type init 3
vi /etc/inittab
change default init to 3
 
Old 07-02-2002, 09:56 PM   #3
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ctrl-alt-f1
ctrl-alt-f2 ....


to come back..
ctrl-alt-f7
 
Old 07-03-2002, 03:18 AM   #4
safra
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Thanks pickledbeans, that was what I was looking for!

doublefailure, this ctrl-alt-f1 ctrl-alt-f2
trick will come in handy as well!

Ron
 
  


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