x not starting

[tyche]

On Wednesday 02 August 2006 14:40, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 11:33 -0400, tyche wrote:
> > having a hard time getting x to run on initial bootup.
> > defaulting for the time being into run level 3, and
> > having to run the setup utility BEFORE running startx.
> >
> > the monitor is viewsonic m70 and the video is an ati
> > radeon 7000 se (pci with 64mb ram).
> >
> > any help would be appreciated.
>
> Gang, while what Tyche said is useful, we need to know
> which version of the OS you're running.

sorry, comes from lack of sleep and not enough morning coffee. 
its fc5.

>
> As to getting X to start up on boot, if you didn't
> initially install in GUI mode, you must edit the
> /etc/inittab file.  Find the line that reads:
>
> 	id:3:initdefault:

actually prefer 3 myself, but have a pt user of this comp that 
complains about the typing.

>
> And change it to read:
>
> 	id:5:initdefault:
>
> In other words, change the "3" to a "5".  The system will
> boot to GUI mode on the next boot.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>----------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer    

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