Hello Phil Thanks for the info. That is exactly what I needed. I am new to Linux so some of these things have me stymied. I will get onto it soon I hope.
Thanks again Robert On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 23:40, Phil Savoie wrote: > On Monday 02 June 2003 23:17, Robert wrote: > > Anybody know how to exit completely from KDE or GNOME back to the base > > shell? My Redhat 8 start-up was installed with a graphical interface. > > I need to be able to get back to the basic shell with no xwindows > > running so as to access JNOS and TCP/IP over amateur radio. Consoles in > > KDE won't work. > > > > Wouldn't mind making change to text only login with the option of > > starting KDE if I want it. > > Hi Robert, > > for text only login, vi /etc/inittab In this file look for the follwing > line: > > id:5:initdefault: > > Change the 5 to a 3 and this will turn off the gui login on next boot up. In > the mean time you could, as root run the follwing command: > > init 3 > > This will drop the run level you are in now (5 or gui) to 3 (standard login > prompt. > > Hope this helps, > > Phil Savoie > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
