Cannot boot in graphics mode

m.roth at 5-cent.us m.roth at 5-cent.us
Tue Aug 3 19:20:57 UTC 2010


Paul Crittenden wrote:
> I changed the ip address and hostname on a server running RHEL5.5 and now
> it will not boot into graphics mode. I can do a startx and go into
> graphics mode but not boot into it. Also, NTP will not connect. I am
> assuming I did not do something correctly when I changed the ip address
> and hostname.

Is the new IP allowed through any firewalls? startx working sounds like
it's set to boot to runlevel 3 - check /etc/inittab.

        mark




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