Ed Greshko wrote: > Ed Greshko wrote: > >> Mike Burger wrote: >> >> >>> Mike Burger wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Tim wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 22:42 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I have /etc/inittab set up as follows, but the system always starts >>>>>> with the X Window System running. What am I missing? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> # id:5:initdefault: >>>>>> id:1:initdefault: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I seem to recall seeing that before, delete the commented-out line. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> In order to comment out a line in inttab, you need to use a >>>> semicolon, rather than a pound sign. >>>> >>>> >>> To clarify...the reason that this didn't work, in the first place, is >>> that the initial initdefault line wasn't truly commented out, due to >>> the pound sign instead of the semicolon. >>> >>> After that, the init processing for an entry stops on the first >>> match...since the "not properly commented" entry was first, it got >>> matched, and runlevel 5 was how the system came up. >>> >>> >>> >> I don't quite understand what you are saying.... >> >> You said "the init processing for an entry stops on the first match". >> What is being matched to what? Also, if the # isn't a comment character >> then how are the other 25 lines in the inittab being parsed? >> >> Thanks.... >> >> >> > Never mind..... I see what you are saying after all.... I forgot for > the moment that the original id line was left in the modified file.... > Duh... > > Hummm.... Bad news.... I had to test this and have in the intttab file.... # 5 - X11 # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # ; id:5:initdefault: id:3:initdefault: And the system still comes up in run level 5. -- hubub, hubub, HUBUB, hubub, hubub, hubub, HUBUB, hubub, hubub, hubub. Mei-Mei.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=cCSz_koUhSg
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