Re: X and runlevels
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000, Anton Ivanov wrote:
> It still does not answer the original question which was about X-only/
> non-X runlevel. In other words how to boot in multiuser mode selectively
> with/without X. Which is quite a sensible question.
>
> Example:
> I had to go into an intermediate single user mode boot on some of
> my machines after forgetting to turn off xdm after changing video cards.
> Or during dealing with laptop docking gear.
> If there was a boot with X disabled and xdm installed it would have
> made life a bit easier.
I must admit I don't really understand the problem here. What
prevents you from going back to console mode ? Moreover, even if the X
server has a problem and keeps dying, startAttempts in xdm is set to 4
by default.
Sam.
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