Can anyone explain the use of init3

[Felix Miata]

On 06/04/19 12:13 (GMT-0400) Ali Helmy apparently typed:

> A simple question: Why would I want to drop to runlevel 3 in the first
> place? I mean, when I need to run a text-only mode on FC5 [and on FC4 worked
> well too] I just press Ctrl+Alt+F[1-6] and I get a text mode... I mean, what
> would
> Ctrl+Alt+F1
> then init 3

This is like Ctrl-Alt-BS, but probably cleaner. If you're diddling with
your xorg configuration, and want your changes to affect your login
manager as well as your X session(s), X needs to be completely reset.
Shutting it down entirely via telinit 3 is one way to do that.

> Differ from jusy typing
> Ctrl+Alt+F1?

X remains running intact.

All this is one reason why I don't like Debians, which run _everything_
in runlevel 2.
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