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Your Message: Smilies [get more]	[quote="anyweb" pid='7900' dateline='1144526528'] login as root   [code]su -[/code]   then edit a file called 'inittab'   [code]vi /etc/inittab[/code]   change the id:5 to id:3   save the file by typing :wq then reboot   to revert back to X change the 3 back to 5   or issue 'startx' as a normal user   cheers   anyweb [/quote]
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Posted by anyweb - 2006-04-08, 08:02 PM

login as root   Code: su -   then edit a file called 'inittab'   Code: vi /etc/inittab   change the id:5 to id:3   save the file by typing :wq then reboot   to revert back to X change the 3 back to 5   or issue 'startx' as a normal user   cheers   anyweb

Posted by gobblox - 2006-04-08, 06:45 PM

In order to install some drivers for my system i need to run a few commands in the terminal.   However the program it boots wont do its thing if X is active.   Im running Fedora core 5, and it just boots right into x which takes my user information and loads a desktop.   I tried using the commandline in X without booting KDE, but it still wouldnt do it, it wants no X at all.   How do i get Fedora to boot a Terminal w/ out booting X? Do i need some command line parameters in my GRUB?