[mythtv-users] Lightweight Backend

Mark J. Small msmall at eastlink.ca
Fri May 6 14:05:26 UTC 2005


On May 6, 2005 10:54 am, gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote:
> Leigh wrote:
> > So set mythbackend to start in (for example) runlevel 3 ,and then change
> > your grub (or whatever bootloader you use) to boot in level 3 instead of
> > 5. I've only used Redhat/Fedora, so I don't know for definate on other
> > distro's, but runlevel 3 for me is console only, it doesn't startX.
>
> actually, it has nothing to do with your bootloader.  set the default
> run level in /etc/inittab.  i'm pretty sure run level 3 is standard for
> console-only, as every distro i've touched uses this.  they differ on
> which one runs X (slack uses 4, most others use 5), but you should be
> fine w/ 3.
>
> -g-

The runlevel conventions are not universal.  By default, Debian has identical 
runlevels 2-5 and leaves it up to the admin to customize it.  Debian defaults 
to runlevel 2.  

Mark


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