Comments on: Linux Disable X Window System

By: Deepak

Deepak — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:19:20 +0000

telinit 3

without restart

Thanks Andres Montalban

By: keving

keving — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:48:24 +0000

is there a way to do this without rebooting?

By: Raj Kumar Kundu

Raj Kumar Kundu — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:35:52 +0000

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

By: bill

bill — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:19:45 +0000

does help if you are not root!!!
Bill

By: Andres Montalban

Andres Montalban — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:48:13 +0000

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