Ok, disregard my second request for now... let's just take a step by step cause I'm quite a noob :) A) The file in the end should be: # 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) # id:3:initdefault: Now that should make the default startup, end with the <Localhost Login:> prompt, and then, when i want to start X-windows, i should just move to Ctrl+Alt+F2 and type "startx" right? Now what if i also want to start a KDE session after that? Does startx load it by default (its the only KDE i have)? or do i type something else, or is it, something ELSE completely? Thank you <div>On 22/03/06, James Wilkinson <<a href="mailto:fedora@westexe.demon.co.uk">fedora@westexe.demon.co.uk</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Ali Helmy wrote: > Just for knowledge, when I press Ctrl+Alt+FX i get to a different session, > where X=1-6 leads to a text mode, and X=7-12 leads to a graphical one... > Now, is there some way where I can change the default? I mean: > > A) Make the default start-up just the console, but still be able to start > the graphical one? Yes. *Carefully* edit /etc/inittab as root. In the section that looks like: # 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) # id:5:initdefault: change that last 5 to a 3. Then when you want to start X, log in and type "startx". > B) Change the shortcuts, so that Ctrl+Alt+F1 = text-based, Ctrl+Alt+F2 = > graphical based? I haven't tried this. But I imagine commenting out the lines 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6 further down in the same file would do the job. Keep one text-based console, though. You may need it if there's a problem with X. Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail address: james | Ridcully told jokes like a bullfrog did accountancy. @<a href="http://westexe.demon.co.uk">westexe.demon.co.uk</a> | They never added up. | -- "The Last Continent", Terry Pratchett -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list </a> </blockquote></div> -- A. Helmy