Runlevel

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Most Linux systems have what is called a default runlevel. It goes from 1 to 6.

Typically, runlevel 3 means headless. This is the recommendation for Amahi, if you are not going to use the desktop. This is done to conserve resources, because runlevel 3 does not start graphics (X windows and window managers, etc.), and frees memory and CPU.

The typical default is runlevel 5, which does start X as a service.

How to change the runlevel

You can set the default runlevel in

  /etc/inittab

It should have a line like this

   id:5:initdefault:

That means the system is running at runlevel 5.