gnome in fc3

paul_dundee · #1 8th April 2005, 01:45 PM

I finally managed to install FC3 and boot through OF.

The last problem is getting a desktop. Whenever i boot, i am brought to:

Code:

Fedora Core release 2.91 (FC3 Test 2)
Kernel 2.6.9-1.667 on an ppc

Localhost login: root
Password:
Last login: Fri Apr 8 12:27:14 on tty1
[root@localhost ~]#

I tried switchdesk, still left at a command prompt. How do i get a gui?

thanks

jim · #2 8th April 2005, 01:54 PM

Yo can get the gui with

Code:

startx

brianmsu80 · #3 8th April 2005, 07:02 PM

check your /etc/inittab

# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:

Unless there are errors with
startx
you are probably just in runlevel 3.
If you want the graphical login by default, which is runlevel 5, change the
id:RUNLEVEL#:initdefault to 5 for a "gui" login.