Re: Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install

[Robert Benjamin <benjie1@xxxxxxx>]

On 3/30/2013 2:44 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Robert Benjamin <benjie1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>       So when I put the HD back in the PC it will boot up and I can wait
>> and see if it allows me to log in>  (HA!) If not, then Ctl+Alt+F2 and
>> login as root and try startx and see what it does. I didn't change
>> inittab ever since this whole senario started. Is default  to start at
>> runlevel 5?                  Bob
> Yes, installs that include X and a desktop will default to runlevel 5.
>   Before trying 'startx' , do 'init 3' as root.  That should shut down
> the existing session, but whatever is hanging on startup may prevent a
> clean shutdown too.  So startx may complain that there is still a lock
> file and you may have to remove it manually and run startx again.
>
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     Just to be sure, do 'init 3' by editing /etc/inittab with gedit and 
change the runlevel to 3 from 5. Number only. Save and reboot or 
shutdown and re-start. Then as root, try startx and remove a lock file 
if it says one is there.
  Question: if it starts at runlevel 3 can I log in on a GUI or is it in 
text mode. If the latter is the case, I assume I can log in as user and 
I should get a GUI so I can use FF, TB etc. Right? And then eventually I 
need to get back to runlevel 5 as a permanent login procedure ... someday!
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