[wplug] gui at boot

[David G Matthews]

Speaking of disabling X, which file do I edit to select a different window
manager?
-dgm


On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, David Tessitor wrote:

> If you only need to start in text mode occasionally, you can also
> temporarily disable the gui.  At the "boot:" prompt, just type the name
> given the kernel you want to use (for the options available to you, hit
> the TAB key), then follow it by the number three.  For example:
> 
> boot: linux 3
> 
> This will do the same thing as changing the init but only for that one
> boot.  The advantage of temporarily disabling the gui, is that each time
> you want Xwindows you won't have to type "startx" and you can more
> easily select a different window manager if you want to try out
> different managers.
> 
> ----------------
> 
> Should you be in Xwindows, to get out of Xwindows and use text mode, you
> can bring up a terminal, enter "init 3" or "teleinit 3" and it will shut
> down Xwindows and bring up text mode.
> 
> ============
> 
> "Darryl C. Noye" wrote:
> 
> > how do you disable the gui from automatically starting when you
> > boot up?
> 
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