Last Wednesday I downloaded (from http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/) and installed linuxconf (ver 1.26r5-1). The rpm file is dated 01/03/02. Since then I have not been able to auto-operate at run level 5 at bootup as before, it always comes up on run level 3.

I have
Set linuxconf for a run level 5
Checked inittab and it has “id:5:initdefault:”
Entered /etc/telinit 5
Entered linux 5 at boot up
None of the above actions have produced the desired affect.

I know I’m in run level 3 because no window manager is displayed. To enter the window manager I have to type “startx” (after logging in of course). Besides as the bootup process proceeds, the messages displayed stop for about 20 seconds (invoke by linuxconf) to allow the user to evoke linuxconf and affect changes. (I have tried this but to no avail.) The next message at the end of the 20 sec interval is Execute /etc/telinit 3.

What statement should I add to lilo.conf to affect a run level of 5 instead of 3? Currently no statement in lilo.conf exists to set the run level. Are there other files that I should edit to set the run level?

My environment is Red Hat Linux ver 7.2 and Ximian Desktop ver 1.0

Thanks for your help.

Jjc
PS: Is it possible that two linuxconf’s are installed?

well, linuxconf is no longer installed by default in redhat 7.1 or later i believe due to its instability... so there can't be two of them installed. you can try passing the runlevel at lilo boot prompt and test to see if it goes directly to runlevel 5..
i would uninstall linuxconf as its unstable and don't recommend it and might be the problem of your runlevel problem.

TrickyKid,

As I indicated in my email I did try " ... passing the runlevel at lilo boot prompt ... " and it did not work.

I installed linuxconf from a rpm file, so the uninstall task should be easy. However will the uninstall be complete, that is after the uninstall will my system be as it was before I installed linuxconf?

Thanks for your help.
jjc

I don't understand your question.. can you rephrase this ??

Perhaps /etc/inittab was modifed so run level 5 dosen't run X. Here's what's in my /etc/inittab that has runlevel 5 run X. (This is RH 7.1)

# Run xdm in runlevel 5
# xdm is now a separate service
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

casacruz, I clicked on the link in your post and I looked around there and in the features section I found this:

So, you could go into your /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file and comment out the line and see what happens. Like this:

#/sbin/askrunlevel

Of course, you will lose the ability to make changes at boot up time.