[mdlug] Ubuntu and Run levels

[Raymond McLaughlin]

A couple of months age there was some discussion on another list about
Ubuntu and run level control. I complained that run level 3 did give
just a text login like I thought it should. There were several
replies which, on closer examination, were not completely correct.

One of my findings was that you could select runlevel 3 at boot and the
system would still boot as it always did. *Even after you had completely
deleted the directory /etc/rc3.d!* I was gathering more such findings
for a more detailed post, and this got pushed to the back burner...

This article <http://www.linux.com/feature/125977> explains a lot.
It seems that with Feisty Fawn Ubuntu has started to transition away
from the SysV init scheme to something called "initng". Ah! Something
new to learn. Sounds interesting. I wonder if I'll like it.

Raymond McLaughlin