Stopping Xfree

Sérgio M. Basto sergiomb at netcabo.pt
Thu Sep 23 08:10:14 PDT 2004


On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 14:26, Alex Deucher wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:24:13 -0700, Ian Loves Linux
> <linux at empireofstyle.com> wrote:
> > Im very new to linux and I am trying to stop or boot up without Xfree
> > so that I can install some VMWare tools that MUST be installed when X
> > is not running..
> > 
> > How do i stop x? or start up without it running?
> 
> You need to start in runlevel 3.
> When you boot pass 3 to the kernel command line.  if you want the
> computer to come up in run level 3 by default, edit /etc/inittab and
> change the default runlevel to 3.
> 
> Alex
> 

if you want stop X when it running , init 3 as root 
if you want start X environment when computer start in runlevel 3, type
init 5 (as root )

 


> > 
> > Im using Fedora Core 2 Inside VMWare 4.5.2
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Ian
> >
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Sérgio M. B.
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