[plug] Mandrake 10 Q

[Shayne O'Neill]

look in inittab and check out the init level.

there should be a 0,1,2,3,4,5,6

0 and 6 are shutdown and reboot, 1 is single user (think emergency repair
mode or something) and rest are multiuser. One will be X mode, the rest
wont be. its all in the file.

--
"the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And
we will find these people and we will bring them to justice."
George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2003

Shayne O'Neill. http://www.perthimc.asn.au

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Brad Campbell wrote:

> G'day all,
>
> I have a mate back in Perth who has a laptop with Mdk 10 on it.
> He's not great with linux but he's learning.
>
> Is there an easy way to set it up just to boot to a virtual console and not X?
>
> We are going to use it for an extension to our audio system and the UI runs in console mode, the
> other machine is Debian but I have not had the time to set this one up remotely so he just installed
> Mandrake on it.
>
> I guess it's probably possible with a runlevel but I know absolutely nothing about Mandrake.
>
> Cheers,
> Brad
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG discussion list: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> http://mail.plug.linux.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug
> Committee e-mail: committee at plug.linux.org.au
>