Boot to shell prompt

[SuperFisch]

I'm dumb, but how do i set gentoox up to boot only to a shell prompt? (so I can start either GUI) Or is there a GUI manager of sorts that would allow me to select shell, KDE, or XFCE? Also can I logout of a GUI to shell.. Emerge takes an awfull lot more time under KDE it seems... Thanks!

[Trogdor]

Well, if you want to keep your GUI open, but still access the shell directly, press Ctrl+Alt+FX, where X is any number 1-6. If you want to kill Xfree, just go to one of these shells and use the kill command to kill Xfree (type "man kill" to learn about kill).

If you want to not boot at all to gui, edit /etc/rc.conf . . . it is /very/ self-explanitory.

[nobspangle]

If you have run magic and installed the gdm patch (login screen) you won't be able to kill xfree (it just restarts) to drop back to a login prompt with X killed type

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killall gdm

then to restart X type

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gdm

If you want to boot to the shell prompt edit /etc/conf.d/local.start and comment out the gdm line near the bottom.

You can then start X when you need to by typing

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gdm

If you havn't run magic then you should.

If you really don't want to run magic, X can be killed by hitting ctrl+alt+backspace (that's backspace not delete) or typing

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killall X