[ale] Unable to boot up in run level 5

[Keith Hopkins]

John J. Cruz wrote:

> 
> This pass Wednesday I downloaded and installed linuxconf (ver 1.26r5-1)
> and gnome-linuxconf.  Since then I have not been able to auto-operate at
> run level 5 at bootup, it always comes up on run level 3. I've used 
> linuxconf
> inittab
> telinit 5
> linux 5 at boot up
> 
> None of the above have produced the desired affect.
> 
> What statement should I add to lilo.conf to affect a run level of 5
> instead of 3?  Currently no statement in lilo.conf exists to set the run
> level.
> 
> Is there another file that I should edit to set the run level?
> 
> My environment is Red Hat Linux ver 7.2 and Ximian Desktop ver 1.0. 
> I've used linuxconf to set the run level to 5 (including /etc/telinit 5)
> but w/o effect
> 
> Thanksfor your help
> 
> jjc
> 


Look in /etc/inittab, check the lines that read:

# default runlevel
id:5:initdefault:

The "5" after the "id:" is what your run level will be set to at boot time.

Lost in Tokyo,
   Keith



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