Customising Session Shortcuts

[Ali Helmy]

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

On 22/03/06, James Wilkinson <fedora at westexe.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 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.
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