[ale] Changing run levels

[James CE Johnson]

> 
> Does anyone know how to shutdown KDE?  I want to change to just the runlevel
> and not have X running?  Since I am not really on the system it is a waste.
> No matter what I try I still have the KDM-greet screen which is running
> under X?!?!

My preference is to:
   init 3

That is, change to "normal" multi-user mode instead of X-mode. Then
edit your /etc/inittab and change the initdefault entry so that it
never boots into X again! You can always to 'xinit' to start X when
you want. Or if you're really sick you could 'init 6' to restart the
muck.

On the other hand, I generally leave X running even if I'm not going
to be on the box for a while because it handles the monitor DPMS stuff
better than console mode.

<flame suit on>
Personally, I'm not a fan of Big Desktops (KDE, GNOME, etc...). I like
to use a nice, small window manager that does nothing but manage windows
and give me a configurable root-window menu. If you're running in a
resource-limited environment (yea, my dual-CPU, 512M system is limited:)
you might want to consider that approach.
</flame suit on>

> Next one is one I thought of while running an errand.  Just wondering if
> there are reveres compatibility problems with Kernels and software.  An
> Example would be a package that was designed when Kernel 2.0 was new.  And
> say you upgrade or install Kernel 2.4.  The M$ example would be that error
> you get when you try to install a package and you get that "We don't support
> NT", error.

I think you'll generally get compile errors if something cares about the
kernel version & doesn't support what's installed. If you're installing
rpm's (or debs?) the package manager will complain that you don't have
the right kernel rpm installed.

> Adrin
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