Point of information, Arnold --
I've heard that Linux Mandrake isn't too stable (at this point) when it
comes to setting inittab runlevel to 5 and using xdm/kdm. My experience is
that since I have a way nonstandard video card (Voodoo Banshee), booting
into xdm causes an infinite loop. The only way to fix this is to boot into
single-user mode and edit the inittab back to the default runlevel (2?)
Gael assures us this will be addressed soon ;) Good luck if you can pull
it off!
Take care,
Paul
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Paul A. Bernicchi
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----- Original Message -----
From: Arnold Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 1999 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] It Works!!
> >Is there a way to have it boot directly to
> >the desktop?
>
> There's a way to setup the login process so that after logging in you
> will automatically go into X Windows. You have to edit a file called
> INITTAB which is located in the /etc folder. This specifies the
> runlevel that linux starts at. There are notes in the file to tell you
> what settings to use, but just so everyone else will know set the
> runlevel to 5 and this will launch the KDM. This is a graphical login
> screen where you'll be asked to enter your login name and password.
> once you do that you hit the "Go!" button and it launches you straight
> into X Windows. When you logout of X Windows, it will automatically
> take you back to that same login screen. From there you can re-login
> under another user id or you can shutdown the system by clicking the
> "Shutdown" button, which will pop up another menu asking if you want to
> totally shut down or to simply restart.
>
> Hope this helps you.
>
> Arnold
