login issues with new install of redhat 8

[Jed Barton]

Hey Adam, thanks so much pal.
Now, here's another question for you.  Bear with me, i'm brand new at this
linux stuff.
What is a good text editer that i can use on this local console to edit this
file?
I'm going to have a lot fo questions for you, so bear with me.
I think i did do that x windows thing by accident, so i'll hit control alt
f2 when i want to switch to this new mode.
Any good text editer that is pretty friendly?

Thanks,
Jed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow at midsouth.rr.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: login issues with new install of redhat 8


> You probably had it start out in X windows by default.  You are actually
> at a graphical screen which has yet to be accessible.  The good news is
> that you can do something about it.  Hit control-alt-F2 to switch to the
> second virtual console.  You should be able to read the login prompt here.
> So, log in as root and edit the /etc/inittab file and change the default
> runlevel to 3.  The line would look something like "id:3:initdefault:" I
> think it defaults to 4 in Redhat for X windows.  run level 3 is text-only.
> Or, you can just leave it alone and always use the virtual consoles 2
> through 6, but it takes longer to go into X than text mode, and if you
> can't use it, there is really no point loading it.
>
> If you decide to reinstall redhat at some time, pay attention to the
> question when it asks you if you want to start in graphical mode.  Yes is
> the default, so you need to change it to no or fix it after the fact.
>
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