Force Mandriva 2006 to boot to console / shutdown X-Server
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Okay I need to start the x-server manually.
startx --dpi 100
I've been informed of a few ways but none work. I tried Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, but kills everything and immediatly re-opens KDM...
How can I get the system to boot and end up at a console log-in screen.
Or
How can I shutdown the X-Server after boot and re-open it myself?
Quote:Original post by Halsafar
How can I get the system to boot and end up at a console log-in screen.
Become root, and open /etc/inittab, as it's the file responsible for the general state your system boots into. You'll see something like this (mine's off an Arch box, so your comment header might have a different format ) :
Quote:from /etc/inittab
#
# /etc/inittab
#
# Runlevels:
# 0 Halt
# 1(S) Single-user
# 2 Not used
# 3 Multi-user
# 4 Not used
# 5 X11
# 6 Reboot
id:5:initdefault:
... other stuff
As the comments indicate, change the first line to read
Quote:id:3:initdefault
and reboot. You will be greeted with a console.
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