Hi - I came to love the run level setup in SuSE 9.x

Basically, in runlevel 3 it was non-kde
and run level 5 was X and KDE.

This was brilliant because if I wanted to do something to update drivers,
or I wanted to shutdwon kde, I could just go "init 3"

How can I set this up on a very recent slackware-current?

Thanks,
Riddick

telinit
You might want to read the man page for more details.

1. if you want to change runlevel during session:

your are e.g. in runlevel 4 (KDE), just type "init 3" as you did in SuSE

2. if you want to set default runlevel after boot:

edit /etc/inittab - change default runlevel

3. if you want to override default runlevel during boot:

while lilo choises are displayed, press TAB, then write your choice and you can change runlevel simply by adding runlevel number
for example if your choises in lilo are WinXP, SuSE, Slackware, write "Slackware 3" in prompt and press enter... Slackwaer will boot into runlevel 3 even if default is 4 or whatever else

Runlevels for Slackware Linux are explained by the Runlevel Initialization Scripts section in the new Slackware Book. The new SlackBook is really a must-read when you are new to Slackware Linux.

-- LiNuCe

I'll have a read through - thanks very much everyone!

Slackware uses the BSD style. By default it boot into runlevel three. If you want it to boot into a GUI, then you have to change the three to a four, not five.

Yep, brilliant, thanks, it was 3 and 4.
It wasn't working for me because I'd added kdm to rc.local!


Thanks again
Riddick

how can I know which is the current run level in the system?

For the three years I have been doodling with GNU/Linux I always have had at least two GRUB boot options for my distros. I prefer to boot straight into KDE, which I manually edited inittab to provide me. But I also always keep a second boot entry that overrides inittab by booting into the command line using the boot parameter of init 3. Although I can exit the KDE with telinit, the additional boot option is handy when I know ahead of time I need to stay out of the GUI to perform whatever task is at hand or if I am tinkering or troubleshooting. I think a lot of distro vendors would do well to provide their customers both boot options.

By executing: /sbin/runlevel (before asking what's the 'N' ouput, read the man page)

And to know which runlevel you're using by default and change it, take a look at /etc/inittab, the line that says: id:3:initdefault: (3 for runlevel 3).

looks like who -r solved better my doubt, it was mentioned in the runlevel's man page. Thanks anyway.