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Runlevel 5 is broken. I'm presuming I need to get it working--but do I need to focus on the local video hardware even though I'm not supporting a local display? It would seem to me that the local video hw would not be relevant to remote gui access--but I don't understand X particularly,
Correct. X is client-server, so remote users are running their own X-server. When connected via ssh -X, any gui programs will use the remote user's display. There is no need to run an X-server on a system unless you plan on using the GUI on the console.
so I'm confused on what fix to pursue and how.
You can run any UNIX/Linux system 'headless", without a GUI on the console. Modify /etc/inittab, change the 5 to 3: id:5:initdefault: id:3:initdefault: This will change the default boot run-level for future boots. As root, you can use the command: # init 3 to force an immediate switch to run-level three which will bring down the GUI on the console. Brett -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
