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Old 07-20-2002, 09:21 AM   #1
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Curse my bad memory


sorry to bother ya guys but i forgot what file do i edit to stop slackwares on boot into gui. I know there is just one file i have to change a number from like a 4 to a 3 and i will have the command line log on again again.
 
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/etc/inittab

Change from 5 to 3
 
Old 07-20-2002, 09:38 AM   #3
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Slackware GUI runlevel id is 4
 
Old 07-20-2002, 09:42 AM   #4
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Cool, cool, But 3 is still gonna be Command?
 
Old 07-20-2002, 09:46 AM   #5
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Oh, yes, 3 is gonna be a command.
 
Old 07-23-2002, 06:59 PM   #6
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mine is set to 3 and it goes into the gui. LOL
 
Old 07-23-2002, 08:19 PM   #7
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mine is set to 3 and it goes into the gui. LOL
Check your init scripts for runlevel 3 and see if they have anything indicating for your system to startup in GUI. Also make sure to take a good look at your inittab file and make sure nothing looks fishy there... to make it bootup in GUI for 3.
 
  


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