Re: Just start over

Alfred Hovdestad <alfred.hovdestad@xxxxxxxx> · Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:46:36 -0600

1 is single user mode (lo login, no network).
3 is multi-user mode with network, no X11
5 is multi-user mode with network and X11

1 - Single user mode
3 - Full multiuser mode
5 - X11

When you reboot with runlevel 3, you should get a login prompt in a text 

window.  At that point the server is running and on the network.  You 

can login on the console, you can login remotely (e.g., ssh), but there 

is no windowing interface.

You shouldn't have to remove xfree, you can re-configure X11 without 

removing it.  If you really want to remove xfree, it would help to know 

which distribution you are running.

    Alfred

Garrett Jochimsen wrote:

I changed the 5 to a 3 and rebooted, and nothing seemed to happen.  My
single user mode it says it 1 though, so I tried that too and it just takes
me to the prompt of single user mode.  How can I delete all the xfree from
there?  Thank you for you help.

Garrett Jochimsen
IT Department
Documation LLC
715-552-5791
garrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----

From: xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Alfred Hovdestad
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:07 PM
To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  Just start over

Once you get to the shell prompt in rescue (or single user) mode, about 

the only editor that you can count on having access to is vi.  To change 

the 5 to a 3, type:

vi /etc/inittab

In the editor window, navigate your cursor over the 5 and press

r3

That should [r]eplace the 5 with a 3. The press
:wq

That should save the file.  You can check that

grep inittab /etc/inittab

It should show the entry below.  Then type reboot to reboot the server.

     Alfred

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