[CentOS] Changing from text bootup to graphical one

Mon Jan 21 20:05:44 UTC 2008
Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org>

Quoting Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>:

> When I installed CentOS it was with an old monitor, and it turned out that I
> could not get system-config-display to set it up correctly.  I bought a new
> monitor and now all is well, except...
>
> It still boots to a text login, and I have to startx.  What do I need to edit
> to change this?  Thanks
>
> Anne

Change the initdefault value from 3 to 5 in /etc/inittab

At your next reboot, you will start in X.