On Wednesday, October 21, 1998 4:03 AM, Rod Gotty
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> Hi.
>
> I am running RedHat-5.1 and have XFree86 configured and ready on my
> system. I can start it by running the command 'startx' and everything
> works as expected.
>
> My question is, how do I get X to start before I even login. I am
under
> the impression that I can configure Linux to start X before anyone
logs in
> and they are presented with an X login prompt, etc. Is this true? If
so,
> can someone either give me or point me to detailed information on how
I do
> it. I looked at the 'xdm' command and it was not intuitively obviouse
to
> me how and where I should use it.
The easiest way is to edit your /etc/inittab -- just change the default
init level from 3 (multiuser) to 5 (xdm). After rebooting, the X server
will start automatically and users will be presented with a GUI login
screen complete with penguin...
>
> Thanks
> -Rod
