Runlevels And X; Runlevel 3 - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

• port — Specifies the TCP port that xfs listens on if no-listen does not exist or is commented
out.
• use-syslog — Specifies whether to use the system error log.
31.4.2.2. Adding Fonts to xfs
To add fonts to the core X font subsystem (xfs), follow these steps:
1. If it does not already exist, create a directory called /usr/share/fonts/local/ using the
following command as root:
mkdir /usr/share/fonts/local/
If creating the /usr/share/fonts/local/ directory is necessary, it must be added to the xfs
path using the following command as root:
chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/local/
2. Copy the new font file into the /usr/share/fonts/local/ directory
3. Update the font information by issuing the following command as root:
ttmkfdir -d /usr/share/fonts/local/ -o /usr/share/fonts/local/fonts.scale
4. Reload the xfs font server configuration file by issuing the following command as root:
service xfs reload

31.5. Runlevels and X

In most cases, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installer configures a machine to boot into a graphical
login environment, known as Runlevel 5. It is possible, however, to boot into a text-only multi-user
mode called Runlevel 3 and begin an X session from there.
For more information about runlevels, refer to
The following subsections review how X starts up in both runlevel 3 and runlevel 5.

31.5.1. Runlevel 3

When in runlevel 3, the best way to start an X session is to log in and type startx. The startx
command is a front-end to the xinit command, which launches the X server (Xorg) and connects X
client applications to it. Because the user is already logged into the system at runlevel 3, startx does
not launch a display manager or authenticate users. Refer to
information about display managers.
Section 16.1, "Runlevels".
Section 31.5.2, "Runlevel 5"
Runlevels and X
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