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Article ID: 547
Last update: 08-28-06
Issue:
How do I change the system to boot into text mode (runlevel 3) instead of the graphical login (runlevel 5)?
Resolution:

In order to change what runlevel the system boots to, modify the /etc/inittab file. This is a sample from the inittab file: 

# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#   1 - Single user mode
#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
#   3 - Full multiuser mode
#   4 - unused
#   5 - X11
#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:

runlevel is determined by this line: 

 id:5:initdefault:

Change the above line to: 

id:3:initdefault:
and your system will now boot to runlevel 3 or text mode.


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