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  1. #1
    exidous
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    Newbie Question

    new to the forums and new to red hat, got a question though, after the grub boot loader isnt red hat suppose to boot into a gui login? all i get is a text based login, and when i do login i get the terminal and not the interface. any ideas why im not booting into the interface?

  2. #2
    JimH
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    Re:Newbie Question

    Whether or not it boots to a graphical or text login depends on how you have your system configured.

    You change the runlevel you boot into by editing the file /etc/inittab.

    Look for the line: id:*:initdefault:
    The * will be a number.

    Change the * to one of these two values.

    3 - boot to console mode
    5 - boot directly in X11

    Also can you start X from the shell prompt?
    After you login, at the shell prompt type: startx

    Make sure X works before editing /etc/inittab to boot runlevel 5.

    Jim H

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