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XK0-004 · Question #57

A Linux administrator needs to switch from text mode to GUI. Which of the following runlevels will start the GUI by default?

The correct answer is C. Runlevel 5. 0 - System halt; no activity, the system can be safely powered down. 1 - Single user; rarely used. 2 - Multiple users, no NFS (network filesystem); also used rarely. 3 - Multiple users, command line (i.e., all-text mode) interface; the standard runlevel for most Linux-based serve

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Question

A Linux administrator needs to switch from text mode to GUI. Which of the following runlevels will start the GUI by default?

Options

  • ARunlevel 3
  • BRunlevel 4
  • CRunlevel 5
  • DRunlevel 6

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    96% (25)

Explanation

0 - System halt; no activity, the system can be safely powered down. 1 - Single user; rarely used. 2 - Multiple users, no NFS (network filesystem); also used rarely. 3 - Multiple users, command line (i.e., all-text mode) interface; the standard runlevel for most Linux-based server hardware. 4 - User-definable 5 - Multiple users, GUI (graphical user interface); the standard runlevel for most Linux-based desktop systems. 6 - Reboot; used when restarting the system.

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#runlevels#SysV init#GUI mode#text mode

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