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>Change init level to textual</TITLE
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>Chapter 7. Configure incidentals</TD
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CLASS="SECTION"
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><A
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NAME="MISC-INIT"
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>7.2. Change <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>init</SPAN
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> level to textual</H1
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><P
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>There is little point in running the <SPAN
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CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
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>X Window
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System</SPAN
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> on a server with no screen. Edit
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/etc/inittab</TT
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> finding the line containing
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<TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>initdefault</TT
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>, such as</P
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CLASS="INFORMALFIGURE"
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NAME="MISC-INIT-X"
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><PRE
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CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
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>id:5:initdefault:</PRE
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><P
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>Alter the default from run level 5 (multiuser with X Window
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System) to run level 3 (multiuser).</P
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CLASS="INFORMALFIGURE"
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NAME="MISC-INIT-TEXT"
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><PRE
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CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
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>id:3:initdefault:</PRE
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>The <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>startx</B
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> command can be used if an
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occassional <SPAN
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CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
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>X Windows</SPAN
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> session is
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required upon an attached keyboard and monitor.</P
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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VALIGN="CENTER"
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><B
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>Run levels and Red Hat's
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>kudzu</SPAN
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> </TD
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VALIGN="TOP"
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><SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>kudzu</SPAN
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> automatically updates the
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<TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>initdefault</TT
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> entry in
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>inittab</TT
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> to use run level 3 if a serial device
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is being used as a console.</P
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NAME="MISC-INIT-X11"
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>7.2.1. Continuing to run X</H2
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><P
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>Sometimes a computer with a serial console and no attached
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monitor still needs to run the <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>X Window
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System</SPAN
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>. For example, the computer might host a
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number of <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>X</SPAN
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> terminals.</P
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><P
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>In this case the computer should remain in run level 5, but
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should not run a <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>X</SPAN
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> server for any
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attached monitors. Alter
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers</TT
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> and remove any lines
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starting with a colon (which indicates an
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>X</SPAN
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> server on the local machine). <A
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HREF="misc-init.html#MISC-INIT-X11-XSERVERS"
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>Figure 7-2</A
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> shows an unaltered
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>Xservers</TT
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> file.</P
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NAME="MISC-INIT-X11-XSERVERS"
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></A
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><P
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><B
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>Figure 7-2. <TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>Xservers</TT
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> from Red Hat Linux
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7.2</B
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><PRE
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>:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X</PRE
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>If the operating system uses <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>GNOME</SPAN
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>'s
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>gdm</SPAN
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> then alter its configuration file
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf</TT
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>, removing any entries
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for local <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>X</SPAN
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> servers from the
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<TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>[servers]</TT
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> section. <A
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HREF="misc-init.html#MISC-INIT-X11-GDMCONF"
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>Figure 7-3</A
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>shows an unaltered
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<TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>[servers]</TT
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> section.</P
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NAME="MISC-INIT-X11-GDMCONF"
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>Figure 7-3. <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>[servers]</TT
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> section of
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<TT
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CLASS="FILENAME"
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>gdm.conf</TT
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> from Red Hat Linux 7.2</B
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0=/usr/bin/X11/X</PRE
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>root</SPAN
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