Re: FAQ (fwd)
--- Moses Wildermuth <MosesPro@ecity.net> wrote:
> Hello %f,
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> Date: 17-Nov-00 10:39:06
> From: Moses Wildermuth <MosesPro@ecity.net>
> Subject: Re: FAQ
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> From the desk of Moses Wildermuth. Money Talks Enterprises,
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> > Hi.
> > On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Robyn Manning wrote:
> >> To start linux without going to xdm you need to edit the inittab file in
> >> the /etc directory. On the line id:5:initdefault: change the 5 to a 3.
> >> This changes the run level, different run levels start linux in
> different
> >> modes. You'll need to be root to make this change. After making this
> >> change restart linux and it will start in text mode and you'll need to
> >> use startx to start 'X'. Moses Wildermuth wrote:
>
> I tried this and it didn't work very well, in fact a BADThing® happened.
> I
> edited /etc/inittab and my file said id:3:initdefault, so I cahnged it to
> id:2:initdefault and rebooted the machine. After initiating linux from the
2 would be multi-user without network/nfs connectivity.
> Amiga side again, the machine acted the same way, going into xdm and
> endlessly asking for password, so i looked at the comments at the bottom.
> They said level 1=single user, 2-5=multiple user, 6=maintenance mode. So I
> tried id:1:initdefault figuring this must be what you were talking about.
> Ooops, bad idea. after rebooting, et. al., linux on't boot up, it starts
> going thru the motions and stops dead in its tracks. last line on the
runlevel 5 normally means, everything at run-level 3, plus run xdm to fire up
X and give a GUI login. This is normally done with either a script run from
/etc/rc.d/ or /etc/init.d (I forget which one debian uses), or by having an
entry inside inittab. You will notice a set of numbers in the inittab file
that says what daemons or script to run at each run-level. For example, you
will getty's like :
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
The 1 is just an id, the 2345 are the run-levels to run at, notice getty
doesn't run at run-level 1 cause you should have a single shell. Exiting the
shell should reboot.
The scripts are started from :
l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5
which spawms all the scripts for run-level 5 (for a SysV style init anyway),
a BSD init doesn't have seperate scripts for each service.
you might also have a line like :
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
with prefdm or xdm in there .. that is your xdm login screen - comment it
out, and you'll never see a GUI login, add more numbers near the 5 to get GUI
logins in other run-levels
Normally 6 is "reboot" for Unix systems, and for Linux x86. "maintenance
mode" generally refers to single user mode. I don't know if that is an
error, or if the Amiga version is real special.
> screen has to do with the clgen driver but I don't think that is the real
> problem. I tried to switch to other Virtual Terminals and nothing, no hard
Ince you switch to single user mode, you should get a root shell prompt '#'.
You will not have any drives mounted other than the root partition, and that
will be mounted read-only. Any changes require a mount or remount of the
drive.
You do NOT have virtual terminals in single-user mode.
> drive activity either. I tried twice just to be sure. Darn it. Unless I
> missed something and the machine is actually just not showing me me
> everything(ie there is text outside of my screen, waiting for input), it
> means a total reinstall. Not placing blame really, just wondering what
> went wrong nad if I can still get where I need to go from here.
You will need to change that file back to run-level 3. If you have a prompt,
just type 'init 3' and then when the system comes up to level 3, you can
change the /etc/inittab file back. Otherwise, use a rescue disk (such as
linux installed on a floppy with a few handy tools like mount, fsck, fdisk,
mkfs, and a small text editor) to mount your drive and edit the file.
>
> On a side note, before trying this I tried jumping in and out of X. after
> using ctrshift-fkey to get out of X and back to VT, nothing will let me
> back in. I tried ctrl-alt-fkeys and even ctrl-amiga-fkeys. It didn't
> work. maybe there is a special key combinstion for Amiga that I am not
> aware of.
under x86, shift-F7 (without control) will take you to X, unless there is a
bug in the VT driver.
>
> Other than this foulup, which is really my fault for trying something on my
> own, you guys are the friendliest and have given the best advice of all the
> linux type mailing lists I am on. Thanks for all that.
>
> Regards
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