Can anyone explain the use of init3

[Aaron Konstam]

On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 19:22 +0200, Ingemar Nilsson wrote:
> "Ali Helmy" <alihelmy at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > 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
> > 
> > Differ from jusy typing
> > Ctrl+Alt+F1?
> 
> You might want to restart the X server, but I think that happens even if
> you just log out and log in again. Some programs might not work while X is
> running though (the nVidia display driver installer comes to mind).
> 
> Regards
> Ingemar
> 
No, logging out and then in does not restart the X server.
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