[Cialug] Runlevel 5 -> 3

[Dave Weis]

Depending on how the system was (mis)configured, other services may stop and start besides X. You'll need to look in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d for any K scripts also. 

-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Josh More
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 11:17 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Runlevel 5 -> 3

Yep.  Just issue "init 3".

Then, when you've done what you need to do, do "init 5" to get back to
where you were.

-Josh

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:14 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> Need to try and recover some memory as a bandaid on a production system,
> .. have never tried changing runlevel while running - can it be done
> safely (i.e. need to ensure that no running processes get interrupted
> other than the X environment).
>
>         TIA,
>
>         Lee
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