[linux-help] Re: Linux boots to a login

[Anne McCadden <ironrose@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, I prefer the text logon for a couple of reasons:
If someone comes over and tries to "play" with the computer, they won't 
know how to login to linux.  I can supervise the login and the use of 
linux.  I don't care what they do with XP, it is just an OS to play 
games on.

If the video card or monitor configuration go defunk on linux, then I 
can make the changes in text mode without getting stuck in an xwindows 
loop.  That has only happened at work when we were installing a 
different video card driver and was changing the settings.  The tech 
insisted on a graphical logon since that is what we do with Win2k and 
XP.  We got it fixed and is still using a graphical logon.  He doesn't 
like the console screens.  Oh well, life goes on..... ~Anne


bruce wrote:

>On Friday 27 September 2002 03:37 pm, you wrote:
>
>>try editing /etc/inittab and changing the line that ends in
>>"initdefault" to:
>>
>>id:5:initdefault:
>>
>>(this changes the runlevel from whatever it currently is,
>>probably 3 from your description, to runlevel 5)
>>
>>gLaNDix
>>
>>p.s. oh yeah, you'll probably have to reboot after that :)
>>
>Or leave it like it is, log in to the "dos-like" terminal, and 
>type "startx" to get X windows.
>
>I bet most of us are set up like that.
>bruce
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