debian and ubuntu don't allow reaching runlevel 3 unlike mandriva and centos

somb · 08-21-2012, 06:22 PM

Hi,

I am using a distribution based on debian squeeze and I want to get to runlevel 3.

How can this be achieved?
"sudo telinit 3" does not do the trick.

Same problem exists with ubuntu.

mandriva and centos do it naturally.

Thanks.

aus9 · 08-21-2012, 07:55 PM

hi

for me, open a terminal and get root then shutdown the login manager,
I have sudo disabled so use su

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/loginmanager.sh stop

change loginmanager to gdm3 or kdm or nodm etc

ubuntu uses upstart so me thinks you might try

service "loginmanager" stop

evo2 · 08-21-2012, 08:01 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by somb

I am using a distribution based on debian squeeze and I want to get to runlevel 3.

How can this be achieved?
"sudo telinit 3" does not do the trick.

What happens? What do you expect to happen?

On Debian, unless you've customized your run levels, 3 should be the same as the default runlevel (2). Thus you should not expect anything to happen: see the "CHANGING RUNLEVELS" section in the telinit man page, in particular the first two sentences of the last paragraph:

Quote:

When init is requested to change the runlevel, it sends the warning signal SIGTERM to all processes that are undefined in the new runlevel. It then waits 5 seconds before forcibly terminating these processes via the SIGKILL signal.

If runlevels 2 and 3 have the exact same services defined, none of them will be killed.

HTH,

Evo2.