newb question about XWindows startup

[Fred Martin_1]

I just installed Linux 6 on a 486/33 with 64MB RAM...now that it's running, I have decided that XWindows is too bulky for the machine, I'm not happy with the performance.

I am actually a command-line geek anyway and would be fine without XWindows.

Rather than uninstall it, how do I just prevent it from starting at boot-up?

[Balaji N]

hi
Linux 6? Guess you are talking of RHL. Linux is the kernel and is still in 2.4.X or 2.5.X

and that you are running RHL,
edit the /etc/inittab and

change the line

id:5:initdefault:

to

id:3:initdefault:


and then reboot. or just to do an init 3.

-balaji

[Fred Martin_1]

I thought maybe the version would raise a few eyebrows :) I'm using it because I have the media on hand. Not a mission-critical machine.

Do you have a reference for the run levels handy?

[Balaji N · Accepted solution]

# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)


man init, inittab.

version. it is u who decide which is the best for you. as far as ur comfortable and you dont bring this machine on internet, enjoy.
-balaji

[Caesar_3]

Hello!

You should set your default runlevel to 3
It's full functionality runlevel without X
edit /etc/inittab for the default from 5 to 3

Caesar