I would recommend if you are dead set on booting into a graphical logon to run
kdm from the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file...put it below the very last line ie
/opt/kde/bin/kdm of course your path may be different...just remember that 1.
be absolutly positive that X and Kde are working and 2. that if for what ever
reason you need to change X or Kde or Video cards to comment that line out
BEFORE you reboot...for obvious reasons!!
J H Hodrien wrote:
>
> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Rhichard Barth & Family wrote:
>
> > You can configure Linux to allow X-Windows to run automatically at boot time,
> > without the "startx" command. In this case, you will have to login through the
> > KDM prompt.
> > In order to do this, just edit the /ect/initab file and replace the line
> > id:3:initdefault:
> > with the line
> > id:5:initdefault:
> > This changes the "runlevel" into mode 5 (graphical mode)
>
> You don't necessarily want the system booting into X however. If it's a
> test bed, that isn't networked, it's more hassle than it's worth. Instead
> leave it with init 3 and use the command kdm, to bring up a graphical
> login.
>
> Problem with using init 5:
> If you end up with a minor fault in X, you end up with a machine that
> infinitely restarts X. Not a good thing.
>
> John
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