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I want to use the mac in single user mode. I want to use ctags and cscope in that mode. Could anyone help me with the setups required for this. Thank you. All i know is how to go to the single user mode so please tell me in a simple and easy to understand method. My mac is version 10.6(snow leopard)

khan
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  • I can't think of a single good reason why you would want to do this. – Rudedog Dec 06 '09 at 02:40
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    WTF? Single user mode is for Unix system repair, not for everyday programming. Do you really just want fullscreen text mode or something, for running cscope? – Peter Cordes Dec 06 '09 at 08:58

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There is actually a full screen mode you can use (as others have said, you really don't want to run in single user mode).

Reboot your Mac and at the login screen, instead of your username type >console and leave the password empty. This will then take you to a full screen text mode.

[Note that for this to work you need to be able to type in the username rather than pick it from a list - to enable this go to System Preferences => Accounts => Login Options and select Name and password.]

Paul R
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  • I realize this is an old comment, but on Mavericks, I only get one screen's worth of lines, and then the last line just keeps resetting. Not very useful, and clear doesn't remove anything from the screen. Any ideas? – Eric Wolf Jul 17 '14 at 02:40
  • @EricWolf: sorry - I haven't used this method for a few years now - I guess it is such an obscure feature that it doesn't get much love from Apple. It certainly used to work OK in older versions of OS X though. Since we have full screen mode in Terminal now I guess that might be a good alternative, although it's not single user mode of course. – Paul R Jul 17 '14 at 05:37