Q. How do I disable X Window system on boot? I just need text based interface and there is no need to waste resources on X window system. How do I disable X Window under CentOS / RHEL / Red Hat / Fedora Linux?
A. The X Window System (also known as X11 or X) is a windowing system that implements the X display protocol and provides windowing on bitmap displays. It provides the standard toolkit and protocol with which to build graphical user interfaces (GUIs) on most Unix-like operating systems.
Disable X Windows System Under Red Hat / CentOS / Fedora Linux
Open /etc/inittab file, enter:
# vi /etc/inittab
Find the line that read as follows:
id:5:initdefault:
Change it as follows:
id:3:initdefault:
Save and close the file. Reboot system to test new changes:
# reboot
Run level 5 is used to boot into X Windows (Gnome or KDE GUI managers). Run level 3 is for text (console) based login.
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Hi,
Instead of rebooting you can try this command:
telinit 3
This will change run level to 3.
I hope it helps.
All the best,
Andres Montalban
does help if you are not root!!!
Bill
i want to disable the xwindow and want to run only one java application at that time..
only that application window will open after rebooting the system..other all remains locked..what i have to do for that???
its for Knoppix
is there a way to do this without rebooting?
telinit 3
without restart
Thanks Andres Montalban