Howto switch the login from text to gdm?

[Stefan Bruda]

Hi.

At 03:23 +0200 on 2003-5-18 Thomas Kuehner wrote:
 >
 > Now I want to have GDM running immediately instead of the text login
 > after boot.
 > 
 > Where is the switch?

Edit /etc/inittab and look for a line at the beginning that looks like
this:

    id:3:initdefault:

Change the 3 to a 5, i.e., make the line look like this:

    id:5:initdefault:

Then reboot the system, _or_ close X, go to a console, log in as root,
and type

    init 5

FYI, Linux has a number of "run levels."  The current run level
determines the set of services that are launched.  Run level 3 means
run with full functionality but without X launched by default, whereas
level 5 is like level 3 but also include X.

Stefan

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