get rid of graphical log on

[riches85]

I was wondering where i would go to change my default log on screen to text based instead of graphical. I never meant it to be graphical in teh first place and I am having a hell of a time changing it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[flugh]

If you are running Mandrake (and probably most other Redhat'ish distros), edit your /etc/inittab. Find this line:

id:5:initdefault:

Change it to this:

id:3:initdefault:

Next time you reboot, you'll see the changes. You could also run from the command-line, as root:

telinit 3

If running Debian, remove the symlinks to the display manager. I think they have a tool called 'update-rc.d' where you'd do something like:

update-rc.d kdm remove

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JR

 

[sleipnir214]

You need to change your default runlevel from 5 to 3. The easiest way to do that is to edit /etc/inittab.

Near the top of that file, you will see a line that reads:

id:5:initdefault:

Change it to read:

id:3:initdefault:

When next you reboot your machine, it will come up with the text-based login. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

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