About startx

[maniks]

I am using RHEL5 . How to start X server once I boot the system automatically . My problem is that my Gnome desktop does not appear once i boot the system.

Manually i have to type startx to launch Gnome Desktop.

How Gnome desktop appear Automatically once I boot the system?

[bigtomrodney]

Can you post the contents of /etc/inittab please?

[maniks]

# System initialization.
si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit

l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6

# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume we have a few minutes
# of power left. Schedule a shutdown for 2 minutes from now.
# This does, of course, assume you have powerd installed and your
# UPS connected and working correctly.
pf:owerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure; System Shutting Down"

# If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in, cancel it.
pr:12345owerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "Power Restored; Shutdown Cancelled"


# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

# Run xdm in runlevel 5
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
-- INSERT -- 53,1 Bot

[bigtomrodney]

Is there a line for initdefault?

If you find this

id:3:initdefault:

Change it to

id:5:initdefault:

If your default runlevel is 5 then it should boot to a login manager or straight to your desktop depending on your configuration.

[bhupinderchd]

Is there a line for initdefault?

If you find this

id:3:initdefault:

Change it to

id:5:initdefault:

If your default runlevel is 5 then it should boot to a login manager or straight to your desktop depending on your configuration.

Thanks bigtomrodney, it worked for me.