Why!! does End Session default to Runlevel 3

[Jim]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 31 May 2008 21:03:48 Aaron Konstam wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, 2008-05-31 at 10:19 -0400, Jim wrote:
>>     
>>> g wrote:
>>>       
>>>> not to be pendant.
>>>>
>>>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 23:54 +0000, g wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>>> # Run xdm in runlevel 5
>>>>>>>               
>>>> from 'man xdm':
>>>>
>>>> DESCRIPTION
>>>>        Xdm  manages a collection of X displays, which may be on the
>>>> local host
>>>>        or remote servers.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>>> x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
>>>>>>>               
>>>> which you defined.
>>>>
>>>> and i should have cut out and followed with,
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>> tells what you have for 'x-windows' manager.
>>>>>>             
>>>> assuming, you wrote,
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Pedantry alert:
>>>>>           
>>>> and replied with information of,
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> prefdm configures the *desktop* manager (KDE, Gnome,
>>>>> whatever), of which the X window manager is just a part (usually kwm
>>>>> or metacity for KDE and Gnome respectively).
>>>>>           
>>>> which i agree too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> any way, jim boots level 3 and rex boots level 5, and why difference.
>>>> <gbwg>
>>>>         
>>> If the computer is off and I boot up it always goes to the Login Windows
>>> and I login and go into desktop.
>>> But when I do a END SESSION, thats when it drops to Runlevel 3  ,
>>> instead of going back to Login Window.
>>>       
>> It just hit me. What do you mean by doing an end session? Where is such
>> a command located?  Why are you not logging off?
>> If you really manage to end the session I am not surprised you are in
>> run level3.
>>     
>
> 'End Session' is the KDE option that really means logging off, i.e. not 
> shutting down and not rebooting.
>
> Anne
>   
That is correct.