Ok, let's say he logs in as root. Then he wants to do the following:
Change the file /etc/inittab so that the line that says "id:3:initdefault:" (on mine
it's 3, but
it might be something different on your friend's) says "id:5:initdefault:" instead. He
can do that
with a text editor, or if he doesn't know how to do that, then he can go like this
(logged in as
root):
[root@homer etc]$ cp inittab inittab.bak
[root@homer etc]$ sed 's/id:.:initdefault:/id:5:initdefault:/' inittab > inittab.new
Then check the new file to make sure that he has changed whatever the 5 used to be to
5.
If it has been changed then the final step is:
[root@homer etc]$ mv inittab.new inittab
and now it's all set up to start graphically on his next reboot. You can just jump to
the
graphical by typing
[root@homer etc]$ telinit 5
or
[root@homer etc]$ telinit q
I reccommend reading the man page for init:
[root@homer etc]$ man init
Hope that helps,
j
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> A buddy of mine made a mistake on his install and boots to console instead
> of the graphic login. What does he need to do to get it to boot to the
> graphic login prompt?
>
>
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