cannot get back automatically to runlevel 5

[k31s3r]

Hello,
running 64-bit Fedora 10 with original installation runlevel being 5.

So, there was this need for working with runlevel 3 for some days, then I've edited "/etc/inittab", changing line

id:5:initdefault:

for line

id:3:initdefault:

and the system went well, restarting automatically on runlevel 3.

Now it needs to restore its original runlevel, that is 5.

I've edited "/etc/inittab" to its original state but the system keeps starting on runlevel 3.

Also, I've tried

# init 5

and

# telinit 5

both commands load X and the login screen but then when it restarts, it gets back to runlevel 3.

What can be done to get this system back to runlevel 5, automatically, during its INIT process?

[sidebrnz]

Check for typos. If you don't see any, post /etc/inittab here.

[k31s3r]

Apparently, there are no typos.
Here's the file's content:

# id:3:initdefault:
id:5:initdefault:

# protecao do modo single-user atraves da execucao de sulogin
~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin

# 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

pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure; System Shutting Down"

# If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in, cancel it.
pr:12345:powerokwait:/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:once:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

[sidebrnz]

That doesn't look like any inittab I've ever seen. In general, there's only one line in it that's not a comment, and that's the last line, which sets the default runlevel.

[PabloTwo]

I think I had a similar issue some time back, like in FC6. I think just removing the line:

# id:3:initdefault:

might fix the issue. If my memory serves me even half well, I left in a commented id:x:initdefault line once and it messed things up. Deleting it put things right again.

[k31s3r]

Thank you, Pablo. You are so correct. And I wonder why.

Why a commented line screws the whole thing?

[PabloTwo]

Originally Posted by k31s3r

Thank you, Pablo. You are so correct. And I wonder why?

Why a commented line screws the whole thing?

That was a head scratching puzzlement to me when it happened to me. It still is now. I have no idea why, but it seems that the fstab file ignores all comment lines (#) except if followed by the id:x:initdefault: statement. Go figure.