[ILUG] GUI login

[Guest, Ken]

#-----Original Message-----
#From: Miles [mailto:kieran.colfer at ireland.sun.com]
#Sent: 21 November 2000 00:19
#To: ilug at linux.ie
#Subject: Re: [ILUG] GUI login
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#> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 22:39:02 +0000
#> To: <stee at renwick.net>, <ilug at linux.ie>
#> From: Fergal Daly <fergal at esatclear.ie>
#> Subject: Re: [ILUG] GUI login
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#> Your PC is set to go to runlevel 5 at boot - X windows. You 
#need to edit
#> /etc/inittab and change the line that has initdefault in it, 
#changing the 5
#> to a 3 because runlevel 3 is full multiuser text mode.
#> 
#> This change only takes effect next time you boot, but you 
#can just say
#> 
#> telinit 3
#> 
#> as root to switch runlevels without rebooting,
#
#Yeah, but this is assuming you can get to a root prompt to reset/reboot
#it. 

It's also assuming that Fergal is using a Redhat box - if it's a SuSE one
then he'd want to change from going into run level 3 to going into run level
2.

Simplest way to fix this is to "linux 2" at the lilo prompt, start yast &
select
ascii login from inside the System Administration menu.

Ken