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Closing X Windows to get to command line(or boot into command line)

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31-Oct-2004, 06:00 AM #1
Closing X Windows to get to command line(or boot into command line)
Can someone plz tell me how to get into command line. can i just close x windows somehow or so i have to boot into it

i have linux 9
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31-Oct-2004, 06:11 AM #2
umm..unlike windows linux doesn't have a version...Distro's do. Now assuming you have redhat or suse or mandrake you can get a command line in any graphical enviroment thru a terminal. (this actually goes for any distro around...just a 9.0 version is limited to those 3 afaik)

If you want to just boot into the console then you could most likely do a rc-update del xdm
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31-Oct-2004, 06:15 AM #3
i have red hat, and i am trying to install nvidia drivers. it says i need to close x server. it does not work in terminal, or in ctrl+alt+f1

Edit: i think i have to edit /etc/inittab

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31-Oct-2004, 07:49 AM #4
Ctrl+Alt+F1 is the standard method to drop into the command mode.

From command mode the equivalent standard of going back to GUI is to type "startx"

Editing /etc/inittab cantrols your boot-up-to level. Levels 4 & 5 are usually for GUI.
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31-Oct-2004, 07:22 PM #5
If you log out, and come right back to a login screen, type in, as root /etc/init.d/xdm stop

That should kick you to the console.

I think that should work. I can't remember if redhat uses SysV style init.
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31-Oct-2004, 08:10 PM #6
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Originally Posted by hitman_et
i have red hat, and i am trying to install nvidia drivers. it says i need to close x server. it does not work in terminal, or in ctrl+alt+f1

Edit: i think i have to edit /etc/inittab
i used to run RH.....you need to edit /etc/inittab to change the runlevel to 2...

reboot and you should be at the console prompt...

when you want X...just type startx.....
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