[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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