On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 09:26, Sri Chav wrote: > I changed the value in the inittab file. However, xstart doesn't work. Looks > like the xwindows part of installation did not go well. I had installed FC2 > on top of my RH linux 8.3. Any suggestions on how to correct this problem? > > Thanks > -s- Don't you mean startx? What errors are you getting? > > > >From: gillian <gillian.bennett@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: gillian.bennett@xxxxxxxxxxxx,For users of Fedora Core releases > ><fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: FC in non-gui > >Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 13:36:51 +1000 > > > >On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 12:57, Sri Chav wrote: > > > Can anyone explain why FC starts only in non-gui mode? How can I use FC > >in > > > gui mode? > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > -s- > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools > >and > > > more! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx > > > >Have a look at your /etc/inittab file. It is a text file that you can > >edit using vi or whatever you want to use. Look for the lines: > > > ># Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are: > ># 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) > ># 1 - Single user mode > ># 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have > >networking) > ># 3 - Full multiuser mode > ># 4 - unused > ># 5 - X11 > ># 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) > ># > >id:5:initdefault: > > ^ > >this is what determins the runlevel your box will start in. If you have > >a 3 where the 5 is in this line, then change it to a 5 and reboot your > >box. It should start up in GUI mode then. > > > >ta, gb > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -------------------------------------- Mark Haney Network Administrator InterAct Public Safety Systems mhaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 09:31:59 up 1:47, 2 users, load average: 4.44, 3.89, 3.37
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