OK 'id:5:initdefault:' tells your system that runlevel 5 is the default. Do you have the line in inittab that actually starts X in runlevel 5? In my file I have; x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon (Im running Mandrake, but there should be no big difference...) -----Original Message----- From: jack craig [mailto:jackc@imageintegration.com] Sent: Thu 16-May-02 22:10 To: newbie@XFree86.Org Cc: Subject: Re: [Newbie]Redhat 7.3 and X doesn't start default Captain Ahab wrote: > > I have Redhat 7.3, and instead of X coming up on boot automatically, it > brings up a text prompt. This happens even though I've got the line: > > id:5:initdefault: > > in my /etc/inittab file. I can start x with startx, but I'd rather have > GDM come up auto with X on boot up. Please offer suggestions. Thanks, > > Ahab my wag is that the autostart is failing. i have noticed that my suse also puts out the login prompt,but immediately switchs screens and spawns the kde. when i broke my x server earlier this week, that is the behaviour i got, after a boot, i got a tty1 login, but no switch and gui startup. what i've not found is where gui startup errors are recorded. /var/log/* seems to be clueless about what has gone wrong. hth a little, jackc... > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Craig ImageIntegration 831-684-1375 jackc@imageintegration.com _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
