Console and X-window switch-Linux general technology-Linux technology and application information. For more information, see the following. Author: XI you Dong Yu
Sometimes we may not need to enter the X-window interface when starting the system. For example, when I start the system, I only want to compile something or write a program. I can do it more efficiently in the console. For example, when compiling software, using the console will greatly improve the compilation efficiency. (Even when I use vi to write programs, I can still use mplayer to play songs .)
After installing a release, x-window is usually started by default.
/Etc/inittab
In
Id: 5: initdefault:
This line is used to enable X or console by default. (3 is console, 5 is X-window)
Of course, this is a bit unrealistic, because we cannot decide the content of this file during the boot, so the best way is to select in grub.
The following are the implementation methods:
Change the/etc/grub. conf file