Thanks to all those who replied. Changing the initdefault
to 5 in the inittab file worked. Also, using gnome-terminal
instead of xterm is much better. No problems.
Thanks,
Allen Holtz
At 06:21 PM 04/20/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi, Allen!
>
> > 1) I cannot figure out how to get X to start upon booting. When I
> > install 6.2 I pretty much have to skip the video setup because it
> > just doesn't work. After I install, I load the Intel drivers (RPM's)
> > and then run startx. I would rather have X start after booting.
>
>Edit the file /etc/inittab (use emacs or vi or any other text editor of
>your choice) (you have to be root to edit the file).
>
>Change the line
>
> id:3:initdefault:
>
>to
>
> id:5:initdefault:
>
>BE SURE NOT TO CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE. IF YOU DO, YOUR SYSTEM MAY NOT BOOT
>AT ALL.
>
>Review your changes with
>
> less /etc/inittab
>
>Reboot and you will get into X.
>
>-Manuel.
>
> >
> > 2) When X is running, whenever I use the backspace, insert,
> > delete, etc... keys in an Xterm, I get a tilde. I tried doing an
> > stty for the backspace key and it doesn't work. Any thoughts?
>
>
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