X display not coming up on boot

[parkarnoor]

Hi all,

i am using rhel 6 beta.
now when i reboot OS i am not getting X display. but i have installed all gnome and kde packages.

i have also initdefault to 5 in /etc/inittab.

when i use! startkde or gnome-session from console. it will show me X windows i mean graphical gnome or kde screen but not on boot.

what do you think i am missing here.

i am getting blace screen with mouse cursor moving and a cursor on black screen.


and then i can switch to al+ctrl+f2 for console login. i need graphical logon

any idea?

Parkar
UAEc

[oz]

Hello

If you don't have a display manager installed such as GDM or KDM, you can use the "startx" command by creating an .xinitrc file that includes the start command for the desktop environment or window manager that you want to use and placing that file in your user home folder.

You can find some examples that were written for Arch Linux (but should also work with Red Hat) here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc

[atreyu]

As ozar mentioned, you are likely missing the GDM display manager - if you have yum configured, try:

yum install gdm

Then reboot.

You can also install it from the original installation media.