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On 06/16/2011 12:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 6/16/2011 10:43 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:m.roth@5-cent.us">m.roth@5-cent.us</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">runlevels, traditionally, have not been defined (although the LSB has
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In Linux? I mean, runlevel 3 was multi-user text mode as far back as Sun
OS - I can remember putting things into 3, because X would
while () {
crash
respawn
}
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Originally runlevel 2 was multiuser, 3 was multiuser with networking and
network daemons. Without serial terminals, that wouldn't make a lot of
sense...
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<pre wrap="">On System V and Solaris runlevel 5 is halt so you might get a nasty
surprise if you were expecting X11!
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I think adding 5 for X was a Linux kludge. And in the original sysV
design, I believe each runlevel was executed in sequence up and down.
That is, everything started in runlevel 1 and 2 started on the way to 3
and could be sequenced properly that way instead of jumping directly to
3 or 5 and having to have everything specified to start there.
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<font face="sans-serif">No. I worked with both SCO and ISC linux in
the late 80's and early 90's and run level 5 was used for X. In
fact I think<br>
it was used also in DGUX for X.<br>
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