How do I exit the X server

dimsun · 11-17-2004, 12:58 AM

How do I exit the X server and set my default run level boot to a
vga console and not boot directly into X ?
I don't know how to edit /etc/inittab. anyone can help me?

ksgill · 11-17-2004, 01:18 AM

It should be one of the settings in the configuration wizard of your menu. which distro do you use? To temporarily go out of X, do
init 3
as root.

Zuggy · 11-17-2004, 01:20 AM

I'm still fairly new and don't know how to make it so X doesn't load on start-up but to exit X to the command-line use ctrl-alt-backspace.

dimsun · 11-17-2004, 01:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jatt_thugz
It should be one of the settings in the configuration wizard of your menu. which distro do you use? To temporarily go out of X, do
init 3
as root.

I'm using RedHat Linux WS3

bathory · 11-17-2004, 03:13 AM

Quote:

I don't know how to edit /etc/inittab. anyone can help me?

Open /etc/inittab with your favorite editor and change the line:
id:x:initdefault:
where x is your current runlevel (probably 5). Replace it with the CLI runlevel (usually 3). You can read /etc/inittab to see what are the runlevels for your distro.

dimsun · 11-17-2004, 03:07 PM

when I open /etc/inittab in emacs, there is nothing there for me to correct/change. what should I do ??
I am trying to install latest nvidia driver for the graphic card but I already have nvidia quadro FX(genetic) installed when I installed Redhat. I cannot use # "nvidia --install" to do the update, so i guess I have to start-over......=(