inittab

[Sundar Nagarajan]

Jay Daniels wrote:
> I fixed one box to boot to console, disabled GDM and created an /etc/inittab
> 
> for the life of me I can't remember the command or runlevel for inittab 
> in ubuntu.
> 
> jay at my-t60:~$ cat /etc/inittab
> cat: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
> 
> Furthermore, how do I start networking with wifi from console on bootup 
> using 8.04 desktop version?
> 
> 
> jay
> 

Ubuntu (Debian) does not use the runlevels (other than 1). And 
(apparently, this is new to me too), Debian does not use /etc/inittab.

To disable starting of gdm (if you are on Jaunty), add the word 'text' 
to the kernel command line in /boot/grub/menu.lst

If you want networking to start BEFORE the graphical desktop comes up, 
install wicd. It will uninstall (and replace) network-manager. IMHO, 
this is a defect in network-manager's design philosophy, and I cannot 
understand why it is made the default in Ubuntu. Guess it is a case of 
the dumbing-down of Ubuntu. wicd separates the network management (done 
using a daemon) and the UI (which provides the tray). To configure 
wireless settings for wicd, see 'man wicd-wireless-settings.conf'. I 
cannot offer additional help, since I do not use a wireless card on my 
desktop.


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Sundar Nagarajan
Linux User #170123 | Ubuntu User #2805