GDM not properly configured
Simon Slater
pyevet at aapt.net.au
Mon Apr 23 10:04:46 UTC 2007
On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 04:22 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 18:22 +1000, Simon Slater wrote:
> > I don't think that gdm is properly configured, but solutions to
> > similar problems found in these archives suggest that the configuration
> > is basically right, but it doesn't funcion like other FC6 installs.
> > Perhaps someone could help?
> >
> > An install of FC6 defaulted to text mode due to the old graphics card,
> > but the display and graphical apps are all functioning fine. FC6 boots
> > into runlevel 3, after logging in as any user startx brings up Gnome.
> > As root from a terminal gdm brings up the graphical login screen. The
> > question is: Why not automatically as part of the (re)boot process?
> >
> > The last lines of /etc/inittab are:
> > # Run xdm in runlevel 5
> > x:5:once:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
> Check the *first* uncommented line, like the one below..
>
> id:5:initdefault:
>
> Yours probably has a 3 instead of a 5. Change it from a 3 to a 5 and
> you should be all set.
>
> --
> Mike Chambers
> Madisonville, KY
>
> "Sex is like air, it's not important unless your not getting any!"
>
Thank you, Mike,
GDM is working as expected.
Regards
Simon
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