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

["Bill Maltby (C4B)" <centos4bill@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2013-03-30 at 13:44 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Robert Benjamin <benjie1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> <snip>


> 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.
I recall from arlier in the thread that the OP din't know his run level.
So after a decent interval with no one suggesting it ...


$ runlevel
3 5

The first digit is prior run level, the second is current.

> <snip>

HTH,
Bill

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