desktop question
 

well, i'm pretty noob in linux, i just installed redhat 9 with the gnome desktop, is it possible to switch back to console mode (non-grafical view) and back on ?

Hi darklandz!

Welcome to LQ.org. You could use some virtual terminals, like pressing ctrl + alt + F[1-6]. This can change slightly from one distro to another, but usually F keys between 1 and 6 are virtual terminals and F7 is the graphical server. You can also boot totally into a command line prompt by editing your /etc/inittab file. Here is an example:

This also can be slightly different from one distribution to another. Read the description on your /etc/inittab. In this case, if I login with graphical mode, if I wanted to switch to single user/command line, I'd change the id line to this:
id:1:initdefault:

If I remember correct, Redhat has 3 for command line and 5 for graphical, but read it carefully ;).

As I said, changing that line will give you a command line login. When you reach the command line, login and type "startx" to, well, start the X server :)

Regards!

Ctrl+Alt+F1 through F6 to open the 6 virtual consoles...
Ctrl+Alt+F7 get's you back to X...

KC

works like a charm, thank you :D

hmm i seem to have other problem now...

i changed it to: id:1:initdefault:

that worked and i booted in single user, non-grafical

now i eddited back like it was original : id:5:initdefault:

This should boot me in grafical mode, but it doesn't ... now when i boot i get a prompt asking for wich level i want to boot in, quite annoying

....
 

DONT READ THE TEXT BELLOW, I JUST FOUND OUT IT IS BULLSHIT.

i think you missed a space there.
try to change:

id:1:initdefault:

into:

id: 1 :initdefault
or
id: 1

greetz.
bas