Can anyone explain the use of init3

[Ingemar Nilsson]

"Ali Helmy" <alihelmy at gmail.com> writes:

> A simple question: Why would I want to drop to runlevel 3 in the first
> place? I mean, when I need to run a text-only mode on FC5 [and on FC4 worked
> well too] I just press Ctrl+Alt+F[1-6] and I get a text mode... I mean, what
> would
> Ctrl+Alt+F1
> then init 3
> 
> Differ from jusy typing
> Ctrl+Alt+F1?

You might want to restart the X server, but I think that happens even if
you just log out and log in again. Some programs might not work while X is
running though (the nVidia display driver installer comes to mind).

Regards
Ingemar