iforone wrote:
> Arnie Stender wrote:
>> Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>>> newlywed2@daum.net wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Of course you can! Take a look at the Knoppix LiveCD's.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> More accurately, of course you can IF the Linux you boot into is
>> running an X server. If it comes up in init level 3 (no X) then no
>> GUI.
>
> hmmm....
> I was under the impression that Debian uses init 2 as default.
> (note; Knoppix, Ubuntu, etc are Debian based).
>
> I'm using Debian Sarge right now and running KDE, and using konquerer
> as the browser - Is there anyway to tell for certain which runlevel I
> am in ? ..here's a piece of my inittab;
>
> $ cat /etc/inittab
>
> # /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration.
> # $Id: inittab,v 1.91 2002/01/25 13:35:21 miquels Exp $
>
> # The default runlevel.

2 is your default. That's fine: under RedHat and its ilk, the "runlevel"
command will tell you what you're currently using.

> # Boot-time system configuration/initialization script.
> # This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode.
> si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
>
> # What to do in single-user mode.
> ~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin
>
> # /etc/init.d executes the S and K scripts upon change
> # of runlevel.
> #
> # Runlevel 0 is halt.
> # Runlevel 1 is single-user.
> # Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user.
> # Runlevel 6 is reboot.

2 is traditionally "multi-user, text-mode, but don't run services for
others". 3 is "run services for others". 4 is "X login running, no
services". 5 is "X running, run services, at least in the RedHat world.