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Old 10-25-2003, 09:43 AM   #1
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Question Getting GDM to load at reboot?


i need to know how to load gdm at boot, because everytime i restart i have to login as root, and then go into gdm, isn't there a way that gdm just loads by itself, without me having to login as root?


 
Old 10-25-2003, 10:15 AM   #2
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Anyone???
 
Old 10-25-2003, 10:21 AM   #3
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edit /etc/inittab
change
runlevel:3:
to
runlevel:4:

for auto-login, run 'gdmsetup' inside X
 
Old 10-25-2003, 10:22 AM   #4
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Either edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add

gdm

in there as the last line.

or edit /etc/inittab and set the default runlevel to 4 by editing the first non-comment line to:

id:4:initdefault:
 
Old 10-25-2003, 10:24 AM   #5
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k, ill try it out i hope it works, thanx for the advice mrpdaemon and sridharinfinity, i really do appreciate it!

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