Phil, Yes This was on the system last year, and it worked. I think I messed up and set the wrong video card on install. Maybe I can use the rescue disk and correct it or use Hughs recommendations.
ty Russ On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Phil Anderson wrote: > If I read this correctly, you want it to boot to the GUI instead of just the > console? > > Look in the file /etc/inittab for a line like > id:3:initdefault: > > (it may be slightly different, I haven't used RH in a long time.) > > change the '3' to a '5', and save the file (you'll need to be root to do > so.) Presuming the X windows server is configured correctly, this should > bring the system to the GUI after bootup. > > *however* I'm not sure from your message that X windows is configured > properly. Does the GUI come up when you run 'startx'? > > -phil > > > > On 9/6/06, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm taking a security class this semester and I'm dual booting RH9 and > > Windows Server 2k3. The machine is a PII 333 MHZ 356M RAM HDD's are 8G > > and 3G. I have the 3G partitioned as NTFS, The 8G has a 500M NTFS. The > > Linux partition is on the remainder of the 8G drive. The root directory > > is ~5250M, hone is 1600M and 256 swap. The hone and root are ext3. > > Everything seems to start fine but RH9 only boots to the local host screen > > and does not start the RH9 login gui. Windows boots to Server 2K3. I'm > > fairly new to Linux, so bare with me. I ran 'telinit 0' to shut down and > > then restarted. I logged in to the local host and tried to run 'startx' > > the system output mentioned that I shoud report problems to XFree86. org. > > Also, what should I look for in the Xfree86.0.log file. I'll try and send > > a copy of that file if I dont become everwhelmed with the two classes I'm > > tkaing. > > > > ty > > > > Russ Main > > > > > > -- > http://wmuc.umd.edu - Sysadmin & Engineering - (301) 314-7870 > http://w3eax.umd.edu - KB3NIF @ W3EAX/R - 145.49 -0600 > Sincerely, Russ Main
