at the end of /etc/inittab file you will see:
# Run xdm in runlevel 5
# xdm is now a separate service
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
Then if you replace 5 by 3 you can start x at level 3.
Michael George wrote:
>
> I know that runlevel 3 brings the system up fully, but uses the text login.
> And IIRC, runlevel 5 will bring up the X server and run the GUI login.
>
> I'm curious, though, where does the X server get started? The contents of my
> /etc/rc.d/rc[35].d directories is the same, so it doesn't seem to get started
> there. I didn't find anything in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit...
>
> Just looking for enlightenment...
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Michael
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