[plug] Redhat 6.0 - killing X

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Peter Wright wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm hoping there are some Redhat 6.0 users out there that might be
> able to help me with this - 
> 
> I've got a Redhat Linux 6.0 machine with a fairly standard install,
> XFree86, Gnome, etc. I'd like to
> 
> (a) kill X
> (b) change the startup scripts so it doesn't try to start X on bootup.
> 
> Simply trying to kill the X process doesn't work - they just get
> helpfully restarted, which is driving me mad.
> 
> Can anyone offer advice on the "correct" way to do this?

Okay ... Use Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get a console.
Login as root
---
edit /etc/inittab
change the line from
id:5:initdefault:
to
id:3:initdefault:
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That will tell the machin to NOT start X at boot.
tehen run telinit 3 to switch to runlevel 3 ... this will shutdown X and some
other unneeded apps and leave you with anice console machine.

As to "correct" I dont' knwo BUT it will work.

Yours Tony.