Chris, According to the Red Hat Manual, this is how to do it: Testing xdm Using telinit - The telinit command is used to change your Red Hat Linux system's "run level". It is the run level that controls various aspects of system operation, including whether xdm should be stared or not. Newly -installed Red Hat Linux systems use run level 3 as their default; this results in the character-cell login prompt you've seen. Since xdm is stared at run level 5 you'll need to issue the command: /sbin/telinit 5 Please Note: You will need to be logged in as root in order to use telinit. Also not that you should not be running anything else on your Red Hat Linux system when you change run levels, as any running programs may be killed by the run level change. If everything is configured properly, after a short delay you should see an xdm login screen. Log in, verifying that an X desktop appears. Then log out to make sure that xdm reappears. If it does, your system is configured properly to automatically start X. If there are problems, you can go back to run level 3 using telinit (ie, "/sbin/telinit 3"), or by rebooting. Editing /etc/inittab - The file /etc/inittab is used to, among other things, determine the system's default run level. We need to change the default run level from 3 to 5; therefore we'll need to edit /etc/inittab. Using the text editor of your choice, change this line in /etc/inittab: id:3:initdefault: When you're done, it should look like this: id:5:initdefault: Please Note: Make sure you change only the number 3 to 5! Do not change anything else, otherwise your Red Hat Linux system may not boot at all! When you've made the change, exit the editor and use this command to review your handiwork: less /etc/inittab Then reboot and X should start automatically. Hope this helps, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 2:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How can I make X start automatically? (newbie quest.) Hello, Newbie question here...I have a new RH install and X doesnt start normally, even when told to. How can I make X start automatically as it does on my other installation? When I initially set this machine up, I made runlevel 3 the default because it was going to be a problematic install. Now I have everything working, for the most part.. Now I have runlevel 5 as the default in /etc/inittab and I still boot to a shell prompt. Something must be failing, but I can't figure out what. startx does work, should I just add that in a shell script somewhere? I'd like to do it the "right" way. What I would like is the nice graphical login and password prompt I have on my other machine.. TIA, Chris PGP Key Signature: (key available at the standard keyservers) ABF3 22E7 EFA6 FACD 4A33 9657 46D3 2DEE 54A4 6667 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
