Re: default run level
On Sunday 06 April 2003 04:20, Ramsay D. Seielstad, KC2GMW wrote:
> Timing is everything ... after several months with the basic, nothing-X
> installed, I finally got around to adding sound and Xfree86. I also ended
> up rebooting and rather than the usual text consoles for login got the X
> login screen.
>
> I was going to post asking how to get rid of X unless I deliberately
> started X, but rather than trying to remove the automatic start up I think
> I'll use this solution for a while.
>
> Two items I'm not terribly clear about though - if I <CTRL><ALT><F1> from
> X into a text console, am I simply suspending X? And, can I return to X
> when I'm done with my text console session or do I need to stop & restart
> X?
X and all applications continue to run.
With the default settings you can switch back to X with <CTRL><ALT><F7>.
A sidenote.
Usually, there is no need to switch to a text-console, since X provides a
lot of it's own. Eg. xterm, eterm, rxvt, kterm and others.
HTH, Michael
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