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[Abhiram]

hi all,
hi in my system init 5 or startx commands are not working.

can anybody help me.



thanx in advance

[Jeeshan]

check /etc/inittab file.

If you choose post installation which mode you want to login, it will by default login init 3 level.

[Abhiram]

hi ashan,
i know that.but my prob. is when i type init 5 in command line it should go to GUI mode. But its not happening.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Which Linux distro? Probably you don't have your X settings correct.

Run system-config-display if Red Hat Based.

[Abhiram]

hi,
its fc 7

[~sesh]

When you type startx or init 5, it will try to bring the x window or graphical system up. If it fails to bring the graphical system up, you would be able to see the error that's preventing the GUI from being loaded.

Is this a new installation of Fedora? Have you tried to change any settings? Were you able to get a graphical display during the installation? Try system-config-display as suggested by Ivan.

[Abhiram]

hi,
its not a new installation & i dint changed any files related to this.

[palaniappan.sp]

Hi,
Check the gdm file is created or not in /var/run/gdm
This file will be created automatically only when u configured the X server properly.U can create this file by touch and try to start the init 5.
Pls post the /var/log/messages for further investigation.


Regds
Palani

[Stuart Browne]

Going to assume it's a RH based system (RedHat, Fedora, CentOS)..

Have you looked to see what errors you're getting in /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? (If you're on an older version, /varl/og/XFree86.0.log)

This should tell you why it can't start the GUI.

[Jeeshan]

Hi

do you have any hidden file in $HOME directory like .Xautority (may be i can misspelled) file?

If so, delete that file and run the command

#startx