{"id":1007,"date":"2013-09-09T01:50:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T06:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourLinuxGuy.com\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2015-05-10T07:02:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T12:02:00","slug":"setting-the-default-runlevel-in-opensuse-12-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourLinuxGuy.com\/?p=1007","title":{"rendered":"Setting the default runlevel in Opensuse 12.3…"},"content":{"rendered":"

It really shouldn’t be this hard.\u00a0 Or this silly.<\/p>\n

So you want to change your Opensuse machine to default runlevel 3 from runlevel 5, and that’s all.\u00a0 Seems easy enough.\u00a0 in fact, it used to be as easy as vi \/etc\/inittab, change the 5 to a 3, and save.\u00a0 Easy-peezy.<\/p>\n

Do I hate change?\u00a0 No (yes).\u00a0 Do I resist change?\u00a0 Sometimes (always).\u00a0 Can I deal with change?\u00a0 Yes (yes).<\/p>\n

Now with all the new systemd<\/code> nonsense in Opensuse 12.3 (and all of them, for that matter), you need to know how to disable the GUI and use your Linux box like it was *meant* to be used:\u00a0 COMMANDS!<\/p>\n

The thing is, the *concepts* behind runlevels are different now; in fact, the equivalents are now called “targets”.\u00a0 You need to understand that you basically have two choices by name: 1.) multi-user, and 2.) graphical — and they are represented by the following two files:<\/p>\n

\/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/multi-user.target<\/code> (a. k. a. runlevel 2, 3, or 4)<\/p>\n

\/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/graphical.target<\/code> (a. k. a. runlevel 5)<\/p>\n

In the folder \/etc\/systemd\/system<\/code>, you have a file called default.runlevel<\/code> that points to the appropriate runlevel\/target file.\u00a0 Check it now, with:<\/p>\n

ls -l \/etc\/systemd\/system\/default.target<\/code><\/p>\n

…to see which target file the default file links.\u00a0 It might point to a runlevelX.target<\/code> file too, which again just links to the same multi-user.target<\/code> and graphical.target<\/code> files.
\nAnd if it’s the wrong one, you can follow these commands to change:<\/p>\n

To change to boot into the equivalent of runlevel 2, 3, or 4 (the non-graphical, multi-user level):<\/p>\n

ln -sf \/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/multi-user.target \/etc\/systemd\/system\/default.target<\/pre>\n
To change to boot into the equivalent of runlevel 5 (the graphical, GUI level):<\/p>\n
ln -sf \/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/graphical.target \/etc\/systemd\/system\/default.target<\/pre>\n
There are other concepts involved, like the equivalents of runlevels 0, 1, and 6, but that’s for another time.\u00a0 The good news is that they follow the same concepts, so you probably get it by now.\u00a0 But did it have to be that hard?\u00a0 I guess I’ll get used to it…<\/p>\n
\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n
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UPDATE, 20150510: See the comments from RaulTrujillo<\/strong> below for advice on the normal way to make this change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It really shouldn’t be this hard.\u00a0 Or this silly. So you want to change your Opensuse machine to default runlevel 3 from runlevel 5, and that’s all.\u00a0 Seems easy enough.\u00a0 in fact, it used to be as easy as vi…
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