[ale] Unable to boot up in run level 5

[phrostie]

I'm no guru, but my understanding of run levels is that they are NOT set in 
stone.  they allow you to boot into different configurations.  linuxconf and 
other such utils are there only as aids.  after the kernel boots it reads 
/etc/inittab and checks among other things the default run level.  most 
people have either 3 or 5.  these are traditionally used for console or X 
login, but this is only tradition.  go look at the contents of your 
/etc/rc1.d, /etc/rc2.d, /etc/rc3, /etc/rc4.d, rc5.d, , , , , .
these are the processes that are started for each run level.

not sure? do a top and compare the results.  change runlevels and compare it 
again.  feeling brave, move S99xdm from rc5.d to rc3.d and KABoom, run level 
3 is a X login.  don't have a S99xdm, then as root try 
	ln -s /etc/init.d/xdm /etc/rc5.d/S99xdm

there were linux runlevels long before linuxconf, gnome-linuxconf, 
MS-linuxconf(just kiding), or any others.  in fact things were not nearly 
this complicated until they started making linux "Userfriendly"

exit soapbox


On Sunday 06 January 2002 21:02, hirsch at zapmedia.com wrote:
> John J. Cruz writes:
>  > Keith,
>  >
>  > Thanks for your help.  The inittab has always had 5 for the id.  As a
>  > matter of fact I even added init 5 as in "id:5:initdefault:init 5"  This
>  > didn't work either.  Again thanks for your help.
>
> How certain are you that you aren't in runlevel 5?  If for some reason
> X or xdm won't run, it could look like you are in runlevel 3.
>
> I don't know of a way to query the runlevel.  Instead, make sure you
> have some task in runlevel 5 that isn't in runlevel 3.  For instance,
> in RL 5 create an executable script that just does "touch /tmp/rl5".
> Then reboot.  Login and check to see if the file /tmp/rl5 exists.
>
> --Michael
>
>  > jjc
>  >
>  > On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 16:39, Keith Hopkins wrote:
>  > > John J. Cruz wrote:
>  > > > This pass Wednesday I downloaded and installed linuxconf (ver
>  > > > 1.26r5-1) and gnome-linuxconf.  Since then I have not been able to
>  > > > auto-operate at run level 5 at bootup, it always comes up on run
>  > > > level 3. I've used linuxconf
>  > > > inittab
>  > > > telinit 5
>  > > > linux 5 at boot up
>  > > >
>  > > > None of the above have produced the desired affect.
>  > > >
>  > > > What statement should I add to lilo.conf to affect a run level of 5
>  > > > instead of 3?  Currently no statement in lilo.conf exists to set the
>  > > > run level.
>  > > >
>  > > > Is there another file that I should edit to set the run level?
>  > > >
>  > > > My environment is Red Hat Linux ver 7.2 and Ximian Desktop ver 1.0.
>  > > > I've used linuxconf to set the run level to 5 (including
>  > > > /etc/telinit 5) but w/o effect
>  > > >
>  > > > Thanksfor your help
>  > > >
>  > > > jjc
>  > >
>  > > Look in /etc/inittab, check the lines that read:
>  > >
>  > > # default runlevel
>  > > id:5:initdefault:
>  > >
>  > > The "5" after the "id:" is what your run level will be set to at boot
>  > > time.
>  > >
>  > > Lost in Tokyo,
>  > >    Keith
>  >
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