Hiya,

> I'm working on a new RH8.0 install on a Compaq/HP blade server where 
I'm
> doing the actual installation from a Rapid Deployment Server 
platform. The
> installation finishes without any problems except that the graphical
> environment (gdm) is not started. 
> 
> I compared this to a different, more typical installation 
(standalone Compaq
> Proliant, RH8.0) and in this case gdm is started (ps -ef shows
> '/usr/bin/gdm-binary -nodaemon' running as root). If I start this 
from the
> blade server console manually, then everything is just the way you 
would
> expect.
> 
> I've looked through all the rc scripts and couldn't find one that 
started up
> gdm-binary.
> 
> What am I missing here? Anyone have an idea?

To alwasy start gdm when the machine starts, edit /etc/inittab. Change 
the line "id:3:initdefault:" to "id:5:initdefault:". The number is the 
runlevel to start, where 3 is console, and 5 is X. This should do it 
unless I misunderstood the question?

> 
> Steve
> 

Eric Burke
> 
> 




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