Stopping Xfree

[Thomas Winischhofer]

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Sérgio M. Basto wrote:
> 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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