[ILUG] GUI login

[Miles]

> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 22:39:02 +0000
> To: <stee at renwick.net>, <ilug at linux.ie>
> From: Fergal Daly <fergal at esatclear.ie>
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] GUI login
> 
> Your PC is set to go to runlevel 5 at boot - X windows. You need to edit
> /etc/inittab and change the line that has initdefault in it, changing the 5
> to a 3 because runlevel 3 is full multiuser text mode.
> 
> This change only takes effect next time you boot, but you can just say
> 
> telinit 3
> 
> as root to switch runlevels without rebooting,

Yeah, but this is assuming you can get to a root prompt to reset/reboot
it. If X just keeps cycling, you don't get this chance. Hmm, would
<ctrl><alt><bksp>, then <alt><F> to a new virtual terminal while X is
recycling leave X on the first screen? You'd have to be damn quick
though......

LILO supports selecting the runlevel at startup, right? You could use
that to get to your prompt and change the inittab.

Is the problem that the X login doesn't work, or just that you don't
like it?


		...Miles

kieran.colfer at ireland.sun.com

Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.