On Friday 29 May 2015 10:04:47 Curt wrote: > On 2015-05-29, Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > > On 2015-05-28, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > Can you not just boot into level 1 in the first place if you want to > >>> > run completely without X? > >>> > >>> Runlevel 1 is single-user/minimal mode. > >> > >> Yes, I know. But as I (mis?)understood it, the purpose was to do a > >> specific piece of administartion with X not running. For which runlevel > >> 1 would hopefully be enough. > > > > Oh I didn't understand anything in that way. I thought the desire > > expressed was to start the graphical environment from the console (I > > believe there was a mention of'startx'). > > > >> Lisi > > I mean I understood the OP's desire was to start his GUI in a definitive > way, as a matter of course, not as a one-shot deal, from the console.
He wants to install a video driver, and needs to do so with X not running. https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8OJ-8BjL=6g6v_ucfnzeh+lkpc7ap_uuxzvumg620b...@mail.gmail.com startx was mentioned by someone else as a means of getting back to X after installing the driver. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201505291011.43405.lisi.re...@gmail.com
