GDM not properly configured

[Simon Slater]

On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 19:45 +0930, Tim wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 18:22 +1000, Simon Slater wrote:
> > 	I don't think that gdm is properly configured,  but solutions to
> > similar problems found in these archives suggest that the configuration
> > is basically right, but it doesn't funcion like other FC6 installs.
> > Perhaps someone could help?
> > 
> > 	An install of FC6 defaulted to text mode due to the old graphics card,
> > but the display and graphical apps are all functioning fine.  FC6 boots
> > into runlevel 3, after logging in as any user startx brings up Gnome.
> > As root from a terminal gdm brings up the graphical login screen.  The
> > question is: Why not automatically as part of the (re)boot process?
> > 
> > 	The last lines of /etc/inittab are:
> > # Run xdm in runlevel 5
> > x:5:once:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
> Further up, under the default runlevel comments:
> 
> id:5:initdefault:
> 
> That makes runlevel 5 the default.  The line you're looking at is to do
> with something that happens when you're in runlevel 5.
> 
> If you're booting into run level 3, it'll have a 3 in there, instead of
> the 5.
> 
> -- 
> (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case that's
>  important to the thread.)
> 
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> 
Thanks Tim, got it working,
Simon