Hi

Typically, when the "/etc/inittab" file is edited to enable to system to boot straight into the X-server, the KDM login screen is presented at end of the process. When a user logs in and then logs out, the KDM login screen is displayed again. However if the "/etc/inittab" file is not edited the system boots up to run-level 3 and displays the command line login prompt. Upon login in and executing the "startx" command, the KDM login screen is bypassed and the user is taken directly into KDE. In this case when the user logs out, the command line prompt and not the KDM login screen is presented.

What I would like to do is to be able to boot into the command line login prompt, log in and execute startx as usual but when logging out (of KDE) have the KDM login screen displayed rather than being returned to the command line. Is there an option that can be used with the "startx" command or another method to do this?

Thanks for any help on this.

Assuming you're using slackware, and you haven't change inittab, and you login to the console. Instead of 'startx', use 'telinit 4' to switch runlevels. That way when you log back out of KDE, you still should get your KDM login screen.

As mentioned by arungoodboy, telinit (or init) 4 will change the run level. You could edit the end of the startx script (located in /usr/bin) to run that command.

Instead of editing /etc/inittab, which is an either/or choice with respect to booting into a certain run level, another option is having the best of both run levels. Perhaps the following will help:

Configuring Slackware for a GUI and a Command Line Startup

Thanks guys . Amazingly I use "telinit 3" to stop the X server to return to the command prompt after booting using run level 3. It never occurred to me to use "telinit 4" to achieve what I asked above.

Thanks again.