Problem when booting with the network configurated

[Luis Duarte]

I have RH 7.3 to run as a server but when it boots with the lan configurated in doesn't goes to gnome gui.

[Hans van Zijst]

You probably didn't configure your machine to boot into the right runlevel. Check /etc/inittab and see if your default runlevel is 5. Probably it's 3 at the moment. Be sure to configure X and Gnome/KDE correctly before you change the default runlevel however.

Good luck!

Hans

[unknown_6]

Greetings,
If you didn't set Linux to automatically
boot into X during setup. Then you also won't
see the GUI (X) automatically. If you would
like, after you login you can type:
startx
That will start whatever Window manager you
chose during setup. It won't, however, cause
X to start automatically when Linux has
finished booting. It's just another way to
login to the X desktop (my favorite).

Best of luck!

[Steven E. Protter]

Check that the syntax is correct in the files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

I agree that this there may be a problem in /etc/inittab

The problem with the theory above is that networking is done at run level 2 or 3 and gnome is usually run level 5. Once networking is run it should be available to all run levels higher.

In gnome

run a terminal session

type ifconfig

Do you see networking? If so, investigate the gnome setup because networking is fine.

SEP
Jerusalem

[Vernon Brown_4]

I think RH 7.3 server install defaults to runlevel 3 in inittab. Install options let you install and configure the gnome GUI.

So if you installed from scratch as a server using the RH default server config you may not have installed the GUI. If you're only using the box as a server, you may not need the GUI.

Vern

[Luis Duarte]

Check that the syntax is correct in the files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

I agree that this there may be a problem in /etc/inittab

The problem with the theory above is that networking is done at run level 2 or 3 and gnome is usually run level 5. Once networking is run it should be available to all run levels higher.