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Old 08-24-2005, 12:23 PM   #1
kumarnarain
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Red face changing session mode


Hai

My machine shows commandline interface on startup (FC3) ...I want it to show a GUI log in screen..How do I do it??

Kumar
 
Old 08-24-2005, 12:56 PM   #2
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Take a look at /etc/inittab and look for the Line --> id:3:initdefault

If it is set to 3
change the 3 to a 5
Line --> id:5:initdefault

I thought fedora defaulted to 5 though. What kind of install did you do?
 
Old 08-24-2005, 01:11 PM   #3
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ya the various options depends on your distribution, it may be 3 or something else.....so please let us know that...
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Old 08-25-2005, 12:20 AM   #4
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try init 5 from cmd line
 
  


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