[sles-beta] Changing "run level" post built (Going from Graphical to text and vice versa)

Thu Jul 24 19:09:45 MDT 2014

Gregory

Thanks for replying.

I'm aware that both init 3 and init 5 are "multi-user"

Since SLES12 is now using systemd as the 'init' system, the old "run
levels, e.g. Init 3, init 5  etc" do no longer actually exist. Instead
there are now "target run levels"

The "fully graphical" target level (functionally equivalent to the old init
5 level) is now called "GUI.target"
The "fully networked but command shell only" target level (functionally
equivilent to the old init 3 level) in now called "muti-user.target"

It is in this context that I use the terms "GUI" and "Muti-user"

The previous email was the process to change the default "target run level"

But in any case, the build process for a machine that is installed/run only
at "multi-user" target level is still not correct 9I have not fully tested
SLES12B10 yet so this could have changed). I centrainly could not get a
reliable "muli-user target: build running with autoyast.

Regards
Darren

On 25 July 2014 09:53, Gregory D. Rosenberg <gregg at ricis.com> wrote:

> Darren,
>
> Even graphical mode is still multi-user. It is just multi-user with
> X-windows. All my servers are running in run level 3. I can’t say that I
> have tried to build one from scratch to start in run level 3. We have
> certainly done that with SLES 11 SP3 using autoyast. I will take a closer
> look at the installer tomorrow and see what I can discover and let you know.
>
> On Jul 24, 2014, at 17:16 CDT, Darren Thompson <darrent at akurit.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> Team
>
> I posted this some time ago. The process to change run levels from
> "graphical" (init 5) to "Multi-user (init 3) in a server "post build".
>
> I still have not successfully "built" a server that install/starts in
> "Muti-user" mode.
>
> Darren
>
>
> On 18 June 2014 18:13, Darren Thompson <darrent at akurit.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Frederic
>>
>> Good Point...
>>
>> Team, do it the way he says... ;-)
>>
>> e.g.
>>
>> 1. Login to graphical console as root user.
>> 2. run a "terminal" session (the yast service manager process is currently
>> broken, it would be Best/easier to just run that).
>> 3. systemctl set-default --force multi-user.target
>> - This will "tell" systemd that you want to run in "multi-user" mode
>> (e.g. the old init 3 level, without a X-server/GUI).
>> *** reboot ***
>> 4 shutdown -r now
>> (you can achieve the same result by typing: 'init 3' if you prefer not to
>> reboot).
>>
>>
>> If you want to reverse this and run the full "graphical" (X) console again
>> 1. Login to test console as root user.
>> 2. systemctl set-default --force graphical.target
>> - This will "tell" systemd that you want to run in "Graphical" mode (e.g.
>> the old init 5 level, with a X-server/GUI).
>> *** reboot ***
>> 4 shutdown -r now
>> (you can achieve the same result by typing: 'init 5' if you prefer not to
>> reboot).
>>
>> I hope this is found to be helpful.
>>
>> Darren
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 18 June 2014 17:52, Frederic Crozat <fcrozat at suse.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Le mercredi 18 juin 2014 à 10:50 +1000, Darren Thompson a écrit :
>>> > Team
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I have been doing some testing on getting a "default graphical build"
>>> > SLES12B8 server to become a "multi-user" server.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > It's harder than you would think, mainly due to the way
>>> > display-server.service seems to be erroneously activated, even on
>>> > multi-user target boots.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I have found this process works:
>>> > 1. Login to graphical console as root user.
>>> > 2. run a "terminal" session (the yast service manager process is
>>> > currently broken, it would be Bets/easier to just run that).
>>> > 3. cd /etc/systemd/system
>>> > 4. rm default.target
>>> > 5. ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target default.target
>>> > 6. cd /usr/lib/systemd/user
>>> > 7. rm default.target
>>> > 8. ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target default.target
>>> > 9. cd /usr/lib/systemd/system
>>> > 10. rm default.target
>>> > 11. ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target default.target
>>> > **** I have no idea why default.target is in these three locations, I
>>> > would expect 2 of them are redundant but am not familiar enough with
>>> > systemd to guess which ****
>>>
>>> Sorry but you are doing this the wrong way.
>>>
>>> NEVER ever change stuff in /usr/lib/systemd/system. /etc/systemd/system
>>> has ALWAYS precedence over /usr/lib/systemd/system, which means file
>>> with the same name in /etc/systemd/system will "hide" the one
>>> in /usr/lib/systemd/system.
>>>
>>> The proper way to do it is :
>>> run as root: systemctl set-default --force multi-user.target
>>>
>>> (or if you want to do it manually: ln -s
>>> -f /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target
>>> /etc/systemd/system/default.target)
>>>
>>> That's it.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Frederic Crozat
>>> Project Manager Enterprise Desktop
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