[TriLUG] unable to boot up in run level 5

[rpjday]

On 6 Jan 2002, 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?

but of course.  /etc/inittab, the line containing "initdefault".
change the 3 to 5, and just type "init 5" to get there immediately.
subsequent reboots will now go to 5.

rday