BOINC Command Line

[cicide]

Got it working now.

Just got to figure how to turn off the X server...

edit your /etc/inittab and set run level to 3 from 5

[drezha]

AFAIK that took the multi user priviledges off as well does it not?

I need my user, chris, to remain active and I also need my web server user, www-usr, to remain active to deal out webpages.

[cicide]

AFAIK that took the multi user priviledges off as well does it not?

I need my user, chris, to remain active and I also need my web server user, www-usr, to remain active to deal out webpages.

No, run level 3 is still multi-user and network enabled. I have all but one of my linux systems running at run-level 3 and they have www servers, nfs servers, sql servers, file servers, etc. on them.

-Chris

[drezha]

so to switch back to GUI, I change back to run level 5?

so how do I change?

sudo vi /etc/inittab ?

And does it require a restart etc?

[cicide]

so to switch back to GUI, I change back to run level 5?

so how do I change?

sudo vi /etc/inittab ?

yes

And does it require a restart etc?

yes

[drezha]

Much appreciated

Moving it to Damn Small Linux and a Compact flash disk today so I'll try it on that

[Brucifer]

Be sure and post what you do and all, would be interesting to read about!

I haven't tried DSL yet, but have been looking hard at it.

[drezha]

Well DSL seems to be having trouble with either the PC or the KVM I'm using as it's giving errors on boot and if it does boot, not letting me use my KB+M. Not tried it not attached to the KVM but that might be the issue.

DSL is nice, I like it. Not sure if it's a true desktop linux though. I am going to be buying the DSL book at somepoint that Amazon have as I quite like the look of it and want to play with DSL some more.

[Brucifer]

So is the KVM you are using one that is switched by keyboard keys, or by a bottom on the KVM or both? I tried some of the keyboard key combinations ones in the past and was not impressed with the results. Now I just use ones that have a button for switching.

[drezha]

It's got a button on the KVM which is sat next to me on the desk. It has been working fine on Ubuntu and Windows for a while. It only started playing up when I moved the other PC to a CF card to reduce it's power consumption.