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On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 21:56:27 +0100 (BST) John Horne wrote: > The way I use is: > > Type ctrl-alt-F1 and login as root. > Then enter 'init 3' for multi-user (non-X) runlevel. > When you're done doing whatever, enter 'init 5' to get X started again. > > > John. Just for clarification (since this is an archived list): This approach (changing runlevels) will work on a lot of distros, but not all. For instance, Debian uses runlevel 1 for "single user mode" and runlevel 2 for everything else by default (and 0 for shutdown, and 6 for reboot) - it is down to the user/admin to configure any "fine tuning". Also, Slackware systems by default use runlevel 4 for starting the X session, not runlevel 5. To find out what your default runlevel is, check the file /etc/inittab for the line "initdefault" - the number after "id:" represents the default runlevel. To find out what your current runlevel is, use the command /sbin/runlevel (may need root privileges, may not). This prints the previous runlevel and your current runlevel, so my Debian system returns with "N 2" meaning "no previous runlevel; current runlevel 2". Grant. -- Artificial intelligence is no match for nuratal stidutipy. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html