How to boot without the X window system?

[Gary Stainburn]

On Friday 23 April 2004 4:19 am, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> At 20:59 4/22/2004, you wrote:
> >All consoles are there in /etc/inittab. Console 1 was simply busy running
> >X. The answer was to use CTRL+ALT+Backspace to terminate X.

This bit I don't understand.  X normally runs on console 7 onwards (You can 
have multiple X sessions running but it's something I've never done).

>
> I missed the start of this thread, but you can also boot into single-user
> mode to edit /etc/inittab by:
>
>          1. Pressing 'c' to customize your startup in GRUB.
>          2. Selecting the line that starts with "kernel" and pressing 'e'
> to edit.
>          3. Appending the word "single" to the kernel line.
>          4. Pressing 'b' to boot.
>
> I may not have that down exactly since I'm not at a console right now, but
> it's close. Once booted into single-user mode, edit /etc/inittab and find a
> line like:
>
> id:5:default
>
> Change that "5" to a "3", then command "init 6" to reboot. The system will
> then come up in runlevel 3 which is the same as 5 but in text-mode... no X
> at all.

You don't need to do the 'init 6' command. You can simply call 'init 3' to 
change to runlevel 3 immediately.

Also, 'init 6' is depreciated. You should always use the 'shutdown' command. I 
believe it does additional stuff first.

>
> Cheers,

-- 
Gary Stainburn
 
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