Re: RedHat 7.1 Gnome.

[Brett Castleberry <bcc9746 garnet acns fsu edu>]

Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote:

> bfrantzdale hmc edu (2001-06-08 at 1516.59 -0400):
>
> > > How do I stop GNOME from coming up every time my system boots? I can't even
> > > logoff without bringing up the GNOME Login screen?
> > You mean you want the computer to boot to the console rather than to an
> > XWindows login?
>
> If so, the next is partially wrong:
>
>
> > To do that run ``telinit 3'' as root.
> > (telinit 5 will restore the behavior. Look at the telinit manpage for
> > details.)
>
> telinit is for this bootup. To make it permanent, edit as root the
> file /etc/inittab and change the line "id:5:initdefault:" to
> "id:3:initdefault:" (change the 5 to 3, easy). Or use one of the
> config tools to change the default run level (I dunno which one).
>
> Also he can jump to text consoles with Alt+Ctr+F# where # is a number
> from 1 to 6 (and 7 to go back to graphic mode, at least in default
> installs).
>
> Or is he talking about autologin?



If you are talking about booting to the console, there is another easy 
way to make the change.  Since you have Red Hat, you probably also have 
Linuxconf, so, quoting from the Gnome FAQ:  "As root in an xterm type 
'linuxconf'. When it comes up go to Config->boot mode->Mode->default 
boot mode  and click on it. Select the Text mode & Network  button and 
'Accept'. This certainly works on Red Hat 6.2, as does the reverse 
(selecting Graphic & Network to start booting into GNOME)."

Brett