RE: [Fwd: Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5]

2001-04-02 Thread Dave
David wrote >That did it! Mystery solved. I did 'telinit 3' and then 'telinit 5' and >bingo I had the graphical login back. Thanks. [snip] To preserve the desired behaviour through re-boots you will want to edit /etc/inittab change the 3 to a 5 in the following line: id:3:initdefault:

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
David Rankin wrote: > This is going to sound really dumb, but "How do I get back > to my graphical login without having to reboot?" Scenario: > I have had an ongoing battle getting my machine to handle > time properly. I set CMOS time to GMT and time zone to > CST6CDT or "America/Chicago" and the

[Fwd: Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5]

2001-04-02 Thread David Rankin
Ken That did it! Mystery solved. I did 'telinit 3' and then 'telinit 5' and bingo I had the graphical login back. Thanks. Last question: Since I was logged in as root on tty1 when I did 'telinit 3' and then 'telinit 5' which gave me the xdm login, do I still have a root login on tty1 han

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread David Rankin
Ken Thompson wrote: > On Monday 02 April 2001 01:13 pm, you wrote: > > If you ARE running an X session, try hitting [ctrl]+[alt]+[F7}. This should > > cycle it properly back to X. > > > David, > I just finished reading *all* the thread, something ya might try is to issue > the init 3 command and

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread David Rankin
Peter Hicks wrote: > If you ARE running an X session, try hitting [ctrl]+[alt]+[F7}. This should > cycle it properly back to X. > Peter, I don't know? I was running an X session before doing the [ctrl]+[alt]+[backspace] this morning. Now when I do the [ctrl]+[alt]+[backspace] all I get is a blan

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread Ken Thompson
On Monday 02 April 2001 01:13 pm, you wrote: > If you ARE running an X session, try hitting [ctrl]+[alt]+[F7}. This should > cycle it properly back to X. > > On Monday 02 April 2001 11:37, you wrote: > > Craig Sprout wrote: > > > David Rankin wrote: > > > > Craig, I have logged in as root and done

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread Ken Thompson
On Monday 02 April 2001 09:02 am, you wrote: > This is going to sound really dumb, but "How do I get back to my > graphical login without having to reboot?" Scenario: I have had an > ongoing battle getting my machine to handle time properly. I set CMOS > time to GMT and time zone to CST6CDT or "Am

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread Peter Hicks
If you ARE running an X session, try hitting [ctrl]+[alt]+[F7}. This should cycle it properly back to X. On Monday 02 April 2001 11:37, you wrote: > Craig Sprout wrote: > > David Rankin wrote: > > > Craig, I have logged in as root and done 'init 5'. I logged out and I > > > am still stuck in the

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread David Rankin
Craig Sprout wrote: > David Rankin wrote: > > Craig, I have logged in as root and done 'init 5'. I logged out and I am > > still stuck in the rc3 text login. I have tried starting x and then doing > > 'init 5' but when I log out, the same thing happens -- still in text login. > > What am I doing

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread David Rankin
David Rankin wrote: > Craig Sprout wrote: > > > David Rankin wrote: > > > > > something like /etc/rc.d/rc 5? > > > > > > Let me know. I have learned to look (ask) before leaping (executing) to > > > keep from landing in hot water... > > > > `init (or telinit) 5' will do the trick for you. > >

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread Craig Sprout
David Rankin wrote: > Craig, I have logged in as root and done 'init 5'. I logged out and I am > still stuck in the rc3 text login. I have tried starting x and then doing > 'init 5' but when I log out, the same thing happens -- still in text login. > What am I doing wrong. (I have Linux Mandrake 7

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread David Rankin
Craig Sprout wrote: > David Rankin wrote: > > > something like /etc/rc.d/rc 5? > > > > Let me know. I have learned to look (ask) before leaping (executing) to > > keep from landing in hot water... > > `init (or telinit) 5' will do the trick for you. > > -- > Craig Sprout > Network Administrat

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread Gabriel Fortuna
And yea, on Monday 02 April 2001 17:02, verily David Rankin doth wroteth: > This is going to sound really dumb, but "How do I get back to my Hi David, firstly, no question is dumb, only the people that ask it... just kidding!!! > Anyway, to try and set it through linuxconf I did a > [

Re: [expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread Craig Sprout
David Rankin wrote: > something like /etc/rc.d/rc 5? > > Let me know. I have learned to look (ask) before leaping (executing) to > keep from landing in hot water... `init (or telinit) 5' will do the trick for you. -- Craig Sprout Network Administrator Crown Parts and Machine http://www.cr

[expert] Need Help going rc.3 to rc.5

2001-04-02 Thread David Rankin
This is going to sound really dumb, but "How do I get back to my graphical login without having to reboot?" Scenario: I have had an ongoing battle getting my machine to handle time properly. I set CMOS time to GMT and time zone to CST6CDT or "America/Chicago" and the CMOS is set correctly, but the