Re: Where to set default runlevel

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 11:36:31AM -0700, Mark W. Knecht wrote:
> Hi all,
>    I have a development machine running RH 7.0 that came configured to start
> up X (runlevel=5) at boot, but I'd like it to only go to a console.
> (runlevel=3)
> 
>    I'm looking around at /etc/rc* type files but can't find the place to set
> this. Can someone point me to the right file?

  /etc/inittab

For the long-term, look for the line that says:

  id:5:initdefault:

Change it to:

  id:3:initdefault:

For the short term, do a <Ctrl><Alt><F1>, log in as root, then execute

  telinit 3

or just reboot after changing inittab.

> Thanks,
> Mark

Cheers,
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