Bypass x start

Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: Bypass x start
started by: Whachucallme

Posted by Whachucallme on June 03 2005,18:04

Hi, it's me again (the linux noobie)

Now i am looking for a way to disable the ms windows like desktop you get when you are running DLS hd installed for the first time (X-'something')

i have been browsing these forums for a few houres now and i found so many files i could edit i dont know wich i should edit :s

If someone could just tell me wich file and wich line of that file i need to remove to just keep this in text mode :s or can i leave all files intact and run in dsl 2 or something like on the livedisk?

Greets Whachucallme aka Ward

Posted by Pickletech on June 03 2005,18:20

in the /etc/inttab file change the line that says id:5:initdefault to id:3:initdefault

Posted by Whachucallme on June 03 2005,18:38

Thank you very much for your fast reply (k)

Posted by mikshaw on June 04 2005,03:10

actually that might not do it. In DSL init5 (the default) takes you into text mode. However, there is a "startx" command in .bash_profile that starts up the graphical interface automatically when you log in. So removing this command from .bash_profile will do what you want.

Posted by Whachucallme on June 04 2005,19:41

Quote (mikshaw @ June 03 2005,23:10)

Euhm thats not true :s (in DSL 1.1) i am looking at .bash_profile now and i dont see a startx command I see a RUNLEVEL=, an if, a then, a cd, an export, a while, a do, a su - dsl, a done and a fi but no startx command

Posted by mikshaw on June 04 2005,23:15

It IS true, but you are correct as well.
What you're looking at is root's .bash_profile, which in runlevel 5 (the default) switches to user dsl. This in turn runs /home/dsl/.bash_profile, which starts the x session. Remove 'startx' from /home/dsl/.bash_profile and you will be left in textmode. init 2 begins a single-user session as root, which is fine for maintenance but you really should not depend on a root session for day-to-day use.

Honestly I wasn't aware that root had a .bash_profile, since there are no files in /root at startup.

Posted by Whachucallme on June 05 2005,13:28

Ow i see

than ill use your method

Thanks for you replys

Posted by andrewb on July 20 2007,05:27

Just to push this topic back up....

edit .bash_profile in the root directory

change line 3:

if [ $RUNLEVEL -eq 5 ]; then

to:

if [ $RUNLEVEL -eq 5 -o 3 ]; then

save .bash_profile & add it to .filetool.lst

Now if you boot with 'dsl 3' you will get 4 consoles logged in as user dsl in text mode.

RobertS: could this be added to DSL - it is only 5 bytes more in the file!

Posted by roberts on July 20 2007,07:17

Okey dokey, will do. Sounds good to me. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 20 2007,13:49

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if [ $RUNLEVEL -eq 5 -o 3 ]; then

I think that would always evaluate as true... I think you meant something like

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if [ $RUNLEVEL -eq 5 -o $RUNLEVEL -eq 3 ]; then

but maybe it's better to use a case statement instead.

Posted by mikshaw on July 20 2007,14:56

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Now if you boot with 'dsl 3' you will get 4 consoles logged in as user dsl in text mode.

I like that addition. It never made much sense to me to have only two options by default...either auto-X or auto-root. I still prefer tweaking inittab to give me login prompts, but your idea is both easier to implement and won't be a problem if the user doesn't want to set passwords.