[lug] Simple X Question

[Hugh Brown]

On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 19:41, Fred Robinson wrote:
> Ok, so I did telinit 5 but when I rebooted I still had to login from the
> terminal and type startx, x didn't start automatically, should it have?
> 
> Fred
> 

if you are at init 5 already (but you are at a console because X
couldn't start), you sometimes need to do 

init 3
init 5

since init/telinit will think, "I'm already in run level 5" and ignore
you.

Hugh


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> Behalf Of Rob Riggs
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 11:56 AM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] Simple X Question
> 
> 
> Set the default runlevel in /etc/inittab to "5".
> 
> You can change the current runlevel to 5 by running "telinit 5" (as root).
> 
> -Rob
> 
> Fred Robinson wrote:
> 
> >I just installed Red Hat 9.0 and the X installation got jacked up, don't
> >know what happened.  Anyway, I got it figured out and X is running but not
> >automatically.  Anyone remember how to "startx" automatically without have
> >to login from the terminal window and then type "startx?"
> >
> >
> 
> 
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