I don't know if someone has suggested this, if so, please skip it.
Can you dump the relevant lines for the startup of your system from
/var/log/messages? Usually these lines show (in order) what processes get started
when you boot your machine. We may be able to find some useful info from the lines
before and after the telinit 5 line. Make sure you reproduce the case to show the
telinit 5 line.
Chunnuan
Lane Lester wrote:
> Civileme said:
> > Deleting the line changes the X behavior--basically breaking it.
>
> Evidently not irreparably, since startx starts X.
>
> > I finally reproduced the problem.
> >
> > High security
> >
> > user login
> >
> > su'ed in a Konsole
> >
> > Set /etc/inittab line to
> >
> > id:3:initdefault:
> >
> > logged out and rebooted--finding myself in X
> >
> > cat /var/run/runlevel.dir
> >
> > /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
> >
> > kudzu looks at /etc/inittab and boots to RL5 if it sees 5
> >
> > linuxconf is called by a symlink called /sbin/askrunlevel and looks in
> > /var/run/runlevel.dir
> >
> > Apparently su-ing in High security level enables the permission to edit
> > a file but not to make linuxconf do its thing.....
> >
> > So they are out of sync and runlevel 5 is a logical OR of their
> > individual directives.
> >
> > It appears the remedy is to use linuxconf to set your runlevel--under
> > Misc Servives on the opening screen.
>
> Wow, what a combination of factors to duplicate the problem. I did my original
> install with medium security and automatic X start. I haven't changed the
> security. During my attempts to stop X autostart, I have been logging on as
> root... but of course, X was starting before the system knew that.
>
> I had either used linuxconf to switch to 3 or when I ran linuxconf it was
> already set to 3... and X was still autostarting.
>
> My impression is that the auto X continued whether or not kudzu was executed. I
> turned kudzu off because it slows the boot, and I know I don't have any new
> hardware. I have it on right now, because I was recently trying to get my IDE
> cd-writer to work (another long story).
> --
> Lane
> ____
> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
> Using Linux to get where I want to go...
