topic Re: How to disable Xserver in run level 5. (Help!) in Operating System - Linux

How to disable Xserver in run level 5. (Help!)

Rui Vilao — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:17:22 GMT

Hi,

I am in a big trouble!
I need run login to a Red Hat 4.0 server to run some application. I don't need any graphical env at all.
I was given a TFT display and X doe not run...

When I define in inittab a default run level 3, I can login...but I am in run level 3...

The console hangs if a comment-out the line:
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

How can I disable X?

Any help/suggestion is HIGHLY appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Kind Regards,

Rui.

Re: How to disable Xserver in run level 5. (Help!)

Ivan Ferreira — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:51:35 GMT

What is the problem with running in runlevel 3? You can still start remote X applications if for example, you use ssh -X to allow X tunnelling.

Re: How to disable Xserver in run level 5. (Help!)

Alexander Chuzhoy — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:09:46 GMT

If you don't need any graphical environment, then you should keep init 3 as default...

Re: How to disable Xserver in run level 5. (Help!)

Steve_160 — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:49:33 GMT

Can't you just use "ctrl-alt-F2" to come up with a command prompt at a virtual console? It sounds like this is what you want to do. I don't understand why you don't want to use runlevel 3 if you don't need a graphic environment.

Re: How to disable Xserver in run level 5. (Help!)

Alexander Chuzhoy — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:34:46 GMT

Although it's probably wrong and you should use init 3 for getting env without X, the following action will disable X.
Prefix the following line
"x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon"
in /etc/inittab with a pound sign, so it'll look like this:
#x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
after that save your changes and quit.
Type "init q" and that's it.

Re: How to disable Xserver in run level 5. (Help!)

Mike Stroyan — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:56:59 GMT

It seems that prefdm shuts down the rhgb graphical boot environment before starting gdm or kdm or xdm login screen. Commenting out prefdm may be leaving rhgb running and interfering with seeing the text console.
You could disable rhgb by removing it from the kernel boot options in grub or elilo. Or you could use "/usr/bin/rhgb-client -quit" to
stop it as prefdm does.