On 3/30/2013 2:44 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Robert Benjamin <benjie1 at cox.net> wrote: >> So when I put the HD back in the PC it will boot up and I can wait >> and see if it allows me to log in> (HA!) If not, then Ctl+Alt+F2 and >> login as root and try startx and see what it does. I didn't change >> inittab ever since this whole senario started. Is default to start at >> runlevel 5? Bob > Yes, installs that include X and a desktop will default to runlevel 5. > Before trying 'startx' , do 'init 3' as root. That should shut down > the existing session, but whatever is hanging on startup may prevent a > clean shutdown too. So startx may complain that there is still a lock > file and you may have to remove it manually and run startx again. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Just to be sure, do 'init 3' by editing /etc/inittab with gedit and change the runlevel to 3 from 5. Number only. Save and reboot or shutdown and re-start. Then as root, try startx and remove a lock file if it says one is there. Question: if it starts at runlevel 3 can I log in on a GUI or is it in text mode. If the latter is the case, I assume I can log in as user and I should get a GUI so I can use FF, TB etc. Right? And then eventually I need to get back to runlevel 5 as a permanent login procedure ... someday!