graphical desktop does not start after install

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Sun Mar 2 00:48:23 UTC 2008


Bruno Rebeschini wrote:
> I just installed the F8 Unity Re-Spin on an old laptop, but the 
> graphical interface does not start.
> 
> I used all standard config options to get the desktop installed. Then on 
> first boot, I get the config options in text version to deal with 
> networking, time settings and so on... but I am not asked to create a 
> new user, and I eventually end-up on the command line interface with 
> only the root user available.
> 
> how can I get the graphical interface to start automatically?
> 
Edit /etc/inittab and change

id:3:initdefault:

to

id:5:initdefault:

Mikkel
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