> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kent Nyberg > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 1:58 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Nagging X problem > > On lör, 2004-09-25 at 09:25 -0400, Thomas E. Dukes wrote: > > Hello, > > > > My system is setup to boot in runlevel 5, I would prefer > it not. I > > have changed it to runlevel 3 in the inittab and that > works. BUT, if > > I then want to start X manually from the command line, it > just hangs. > > > > I'm using "startx" after logging in. Is that the correct > command? I > > have been using RedHat since early 1996 and that always > worked. Has > > something changed? > > > > TIA > > > > Does it hang as in the computer hangs, or does it hang like > in you dont see your desktop (Gnome/KDE)? > Perhaps its not configured to start a desktop, so just X starts? > > Just guessing though.. > Hello Kent, No the computer itself does not hang. Just X. I can do a crtl-alt-backspace and exit out. All I get is the X cursor. In runlevel 5, it starts gnome. Thanks!!
