[wplug] Starting and Stopping X More Gracefully

[Eric C. Cooper]

On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 09:37:48AM -0800, Brad Hoover wrote:
> [...]
> I am using fedora core 3, which by default starts x
> during bootup.
> [...]
> So my question is this:  Can I make X fail a bit more
> gracefully?  Can I make a change to the config file
> and then if it fails it gives me a command prompt
> instead of my monitor going on standby and forcing me
> to reboot?

Change the default runlevel in /etc/inittab from
    id:5:initdefault
to
    id:3:initdefault
so the system starts with a text console, rather than X.
Then use "startx" to get your X session going.

See http://www.fedorafaq.org/basics/#textonly

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Eric C. Cooper          e c c @ c m u . e d u