Can anyone explain the use of init3

[Markku Kolkka]

Ali Helmy kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika keskiviikko, 19. 
huhtikuuta 2006 19:13):
> A simple question: Why would I want to drop to runlevel 3 in
> the first place? I mean, when I need to run a text-only mode
> on FC5 [and on FC4 worked well too] I just press
> Ctrl+Alt+F[1-6] and I get a text mode.

You're not in text_only_ mode, the GUI is still running on 
virtual terminal 7. "init 3" will stop the X window system 
completely instead of just hiding it.

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 Markku Kolkka
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