How to change the default runlevel?

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Jan 052010

Answer:

For example, you want to change the runlevel from GUI mode to console mode

Edit the file /etc/inittab, change the following line

id:5:initdefault

Change the number from 5 to 3.

For more information about runlevel, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runlevel