Re: help linux-newbie - stop gnome

[Daniel Lyddy <daniell cs berkeley edu>]

netwise wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to stop gnome from running at boot time.
> I tried "kill gpm" in a terminal window,  it stops but then it just
> restarts right away.
> I could find nothing in the RedHat FAQ, the Gnome site or the news
> groups.
>  I have RedHat 6.2.

Are you talking about booting just into a console, instead of
X-Windows?  If so, edit your /etc/inittab as follows:

You will see a section that looks like this:

# 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:
   
On that last line, change the "5" to a "3", save the file and reboot. 
Note that my system is a Mandrake 7.1 which is I believe similar to
RedHat 6.2, but just make sure you select the number for "Full Multiuser
Mode."

Dan
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