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02-14-2005, 04:40 PM
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Registered: May 2003
Location: PA
Posts: 82
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Text Login to GUI Login
Hello,
I'm having problems with getting my computer to boot to a graphical login. What files do I need to edit in order to change it from booting to a text login to booting with a GUI login. I have looked through inittab, but no luck. I'm running the Auditor Security Collection distro, which uses Debian.
Also this distro runs ICEWM windows manager. It is very hard to use and customize, so if anyone has any helpful tips about IceWM, It would be much appreciated. Right now I have icecc to help customize the desktop, but it doesnt' work very well.
Thanks fellas
Stakhous
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02-14-2005, 04:57 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: New Zealand
Distribution: Debian
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Are you quite sure you have a Gui login manager installed ? If not, apt-get install kdm should do it. (Or, apt-get install gdm).
Cheers,
mj
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02-14-2005, 05:45 PM
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Location: PA
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Alright thanks, i'll check it out and let you know.
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02-14-2005, 07:36 PM
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Actually I do have kdm installed. Any ideas? I dont see any configuration files worth editing.
Thanks again
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02-14-2005, 07:52 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: India
Distribution: Fedora Core 3
Posts: 13
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To boot in GUI mode, you have to edit /etc/inittab file.
Give default value 5 in :
id:5:initdefault:
This will make your system to boot in GUI mode.
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02-14-2005, 07:57 PM
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Registered: May 2003
Location: PA
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Thanks for the quick reply.
Thats what I have already done, that exact line is in my /etc/inittab file, and it still boots to runlvl1.
Any other ideas?(Ditch icewm?)
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02-14-2005, 10:11 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: far enough
Distribution: OS X 10.6.7
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Code:
dpkg-reconfigure kdm
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