To permanently change the run level:

/etc/inittab

# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#   1 - Single user mode
#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have 
networking)
#   3 - Full multiuser mode
#   4 - unused
#   5 - X11
#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:

 -- change  id:5:initdefault:
 -- to be:  id:3:initdefault:

(don't mess with the other entries in this file, you'll be sorry if you 
do!)


"or boot as normal - press Control-Alt-2 to get a text console login -
tell it runlevel 3."
 --- as the root user, run this command:  init 3
You'll see several of the same startup commands run as you would see 
during a normal boot, when finished, the display will be at the text 
login.

If the X configuration is so far off that after boot you can't make out 
what is on the screen, no sweat.  Just wait long enough that you are sure 
it's completely booted, press and hold the Control and the Alt keys, while 
holding these, press the F1 key... you'll get a text login screen.


--------------------------------------------

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, John (EBo) David wrote:


Got an old box that I installed a new version of RH on...  The monitor
def is off and I need to:

1) force it to boot ascii, and 
2) where does one turn on/*off* the graphical login?

thanks,

  EBo --
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