It exists in the distros I've used, but each of them uses it
differently. Debian based distros only use run levels for single user
default, and shutdown.
I'll have to recheck to be sure, but run levels 2 through 5 are all the
same on Debian based distros like Ubuntu and main stream Debian.
Kenny
On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 11:37:26PM -0000, Chris Norman wrote:
> Oh right.
>
> I am running Ubuntu, I thought that /etc/inittab was a generic file, shared
> by all the distros. Is that not the case?
>
> To be fair, I'm still relatively new to linux myself.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris Norman
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny at hittsjunk.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 11:30 PM
> Subject: Re: speakup and ubuntu
>
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > Your answer won't work in Ubuntu. In the Linux world, it's best to only
> > answer questions about distros you are actually running.
> >
> > Kenny
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 11:09:02PM -0000, Chris Norman wrote:
> >> You may as well just put runlevel 3 as your default in /etc/inittab. Then
> >> just run startx (I think) to run the GUI, and use control+alt+f1 to
> >> switch
> >> to the first console. X runs on tty7, so just use altf7 to run the gui
> >> console. DOn't know how you'd stop it. Run `init 3` I imagine.
> >
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