Can anyone explain the use of init3
jdow
jdow at earthlink.net
Wed Apr 19 14:47:35 UTC 2006
From: "Ingemar Nilsson" <init at pdc.kth.se>
> "Chris Linton-Ford" <chris.lintonford at firebox.com> writes:
>
>> When I try to drop from runlevel 5 to 3 in FC5 by doing a 'sudo init 3', the
>> X server quits but the init process gets stuck after the following:
>>
>> INIT: Switching to runlevel: 3
>> INIT: Sending all processes the TERM signal
>> Starting readahead_early: Starting background readahead: [ OK ]
>>
>> [ OK ]
>> Starting irqbalance: [ OK
>> ]
>>
>> Is there any way to drop to runlevel 3 without rebooting?
>
> After running init 3, try changing your virtual terminal, using CTRL-ALT-X,
> where you substitute X with one of the F-keys in the F1-F6 range,
> e.g. CTRL-ALT-F1.
Just type a return. It's not stuck. It's funky, instead.
{^_^}
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