Re: [orca-list] Do I always need a graphical server/interface?

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Rusty,

I'm not sure what distribution you are running, but you can usually
change the default runlevel by editing
/etc/inittab
and change the initdefault line to 3 for a console login, or to run
level 5 if you want it to boot directly to a graphical desktop
environment. I haven't tried this myself, but I believe you can change
runlevels at the console by doing
sudo init 3
to switch to runlevel 3 or
sudo init 5
to switch to runlevel 5. Keep in mind that certain services require a
certain runlevel so doing this might break something in the process.

On 6/25/13, Rusty Perez <rustys lists gmail com> wrote:
> Hi Thomas!
> Yeah, at times, the performance is important. I have a dual core 64
> bit machine running at about 3.0 ghz, and 3 gb of ram. When I've been
> recording multi track audio projects, I sometimes get audible xruns
> which isn't good.
> So, an option to reduce system resource usage while I'm working with
> audio will be one strategy for solving this problem.
>
> I've downloaded speakup.
> How can I get in to and out of level 3 to try this out, and then what
> do I configure to make the system boot in level 3 if I want to do
> that?
>
> Thanks sooo much!
> Rusty