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ciprian · 09-23-2005, 04:09 AM

I am currently running FC, but can I disable the current KDE desktop that loads on boot up to the plain commandline login? Because the GUI takes so long and I want it to run faster as I normally access it from SSH instead of starting at the graphical display.

redzone · 10-23-2005, 08:30 AM

Okay I have done this with rh9 but not fc so try if you wish and let us know if it works.

Before you do anything be aware that you are about to change a key configuration file on your system. Before you change this file you might want to make a backup of it because If this file gets corrupted your system may not boot up correctly.

As root, go to the directory /etc and open inittab with a text editor like vim. You will have to be root to change this file so use care. In this file you may see this at the beginning:

Code:

#
# inittab       This file describes how the INIT process should set up
#               the system in a certain run-level.
# 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:

the line that needs changes is this: id:5:initdefault:
change it to this:
id:3:initdefault:
just change the 5 to a 3 and nothing else - - be sure that is all you change and the next boot up you will be presented with a command line login.

cheers