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

[Jerald Sheets]

I think that is a Linux definition.

Other platforms use different runlevels in different ways.

--jms



On Mar 28, 2007, at 3:07 PM, James Taylor wrote:

> 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
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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?
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>> I'm not sure there is a point to runlevels anymore. The concept  
>> should
>> eventually disappear as https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReplacementInit is  
>> adopted.
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>> 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
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>> -Brian
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