Re: [TCLUG:14248] A question so simple it's not in the documentation...

[Mike Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

"L. Crisp" wrote:
> 
> Okay, I admit it.  It's sad that I can't figure this out.  I have KDE running
> in Mandrake, and the installation set it up to boot straight into the gui
> login.  This would ordinarily not be a problem, except now I need to get to the
> terminal.  How the heck do I exit XWindows without going to the gui login?  Or
> how do I have to boot?
> Just when I start to think I know what I'm doing.....

I would go to a console (CTRL-ALT-F1 or something), log in as root, then
do 'telinit 3' to go into runlevel 3 (no X login, hopefully)

Some people do a different thing (on RedHat with GDM, at least):  Set up
a symlink in the  /etc/rc.d/rc3.d directory that points to
/etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm.  That way, you will boot to GUI, but can get rid
of the GUI login using the command '/etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm stop'  It's not
a whole lot different, but there are certain scenarios where it is a
good thing..

I imagine Mandrake has something similar..

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