This is a new intall of Centos 5 on a new machine. When the system starts in init level 5 a text based login appears. The who -r commands tells me that this is level 5. Login works but remains in command mode. Trying startx fails indicating that the X is already running and then hangs.

If I modify inittab and boot into level 3, after logginf in I can type startx, the X starts just fine.

From init 3 prompt, I type init 5 and the graphic login screen comes up and the system works just fine.

How can I correct this so that the system starts with a graphic login screen when it boot in to init level 5? I have a feeling that either the graphic card is not initializing properly at boot. Any ideas on what to look for would be helpful.

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The system has an ATI video controller, ES1000.

I loaded the ati driver for the Rage XL which I read was what ES1000 replaced and the server is now happy and will boot into a graphic login for init 5.