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Re: How to switch to text mode



On 2/7/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 08:22:32PM -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote:

> this file should be found in the /etc/rc3.d/
>
> and then restart your PC, if you later want your xfce back just edit the
> /etc/inittab again
> and change your line
> id:3:initdefault:
> to
> id:2:initdefault:
>
> with this line you are saying Debian you want to start at runlevel 2
> instead of 3 and execute the scripts in /etc/rc2.d/ instead of
> /etc/rc3.d/
>

You shouldn't have to restart, just enter telinit q to have init re-read
/etc/inittab.  Then telinit 3 will take you to runlevel 3 where your *dm
isn't running.

thanks!
--
Guillermo Garron
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(Using FC6, CentOS4.4 and Ubuntu 6.06)
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