[ale] How do I get to run level 3? Ubuntu 6.10

[James Taylor]

I've always been under the impression that runlevel 3 is multiuser non-x and runlevel 5 is multi with x.
Is this not consistently observed?
-jt


James Taylor
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>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at  2:23 PM, in message
<460AB2A7.9040805 at learnlink.emory.edu>, Brian Pitts
<bpitts at learnlink.emory.edu> wrote: 
> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts wrote:
>>
>> I guess I could killall X but what's the use of run levels if they don't
>> work as expected? Am I missing something?
> 
> I'm not sure there is a point to runlevels anymore. The concept should 
> eventually disappear as https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReplacementInit is adopted.
> 
> Anyway, "sudo invoke-rc.d gdm stop" will stop X. I didn't need to do 
> this when I installed nvidia drivers in 6.10; "sudo aptitude install 
> nvidia-glx"worked fine. 7.04 makes it even easier with the restricted 
> driver manager; there's a screenshot at 
> http://sinopop.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/screenshot-restricted-drivers.png
> 
> -Brian
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