[SWLUG] editing the inittab file, Mandriva 2007

Stephen Constantinou stephanos at writeme.com
Sat Apr 7 22:54:10 UTC 2007


Dear All

I have downloaded the graphics driver for the NVIDIA TNT2 Model 64 and I 
am trying to install this.  I have to alter the default run level so 
that I will boot to a vga console and not back into X.  When in the 
console I install the driver and edit the X config file, edit INITTAB 
again to restore the run level to boot into X, and the reboot.  I think 
I know what all that means.

Currently I have one user and I boot directly into KDE as that user.

I think I have identified the correct part of the INITTAb file that I 
have to edit:
"# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by Mandriva Linux are:
#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#   1 - Single user mode
#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have 
networking)
#   3 - Full multiuser mode
#   4 - unused
#   5 - X11
#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:"

Question 1:
Do I simply replace the numeral 5 in the last line with 3?
      id:3:initdefault:

Question 2:
After making this change do I boot to a command line and then have to 
log in?

Thanks and wait to hear

Stephen



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