X won't start at bootup but will start at prompt with startx

[Cesar Covarrubias]

Dave,

Have you checked your inittab?

You probably have:
id:3:initdefault:

Change to
id:5:initdefault:

Very Respectfully,
Cesar Covarrubias
IAT DCS
UC Irvine

Dave Martini wrote:
> I have a RHEL5 machine where X window display won't start when the
> machine boots up. I get the option to reconfigure it but the settings
> are correct.
> When I have it drop me to a system login prompt without X and I log
> in and type startx it works.
>
> Anyone know what might be going on here?
>
> Thanks.
> Dave Martini
> LLNL
>