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Old 05-30-2007, 01:35 PM   #1
_Entropy__
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Unhappy Text mode to Graphics mode


hey guys I am pretty new to Linux .... I got myself a copy of fedora 6 and everythin was working fine . But now the problem is that whenever i boot my fedora it boots into text mode . I dnt knw what command i shud give to boot into graphics mode . I think its coz i disabled sme options in services . Can smeone plz help me .?
 
Old 05-30-2007, 02:23 PM   #2
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startx? /etc/init.d/gdm start?
 
Old 05-31-2007, 07:14 AM   #3
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to start gui manually:

startx

to make it happen always, edit /etc/inittab (as root) and look for line like this:
x:5nce:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
you've prob got a 3 instead of 5. amend to 5, save & reboot.
 
  


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