RE: Auto start of X in linux

Ron,

Been running my systems that way from the day I installed them.

There are quite a number of things you can do to "customize" your
installation. My favorite is edit your /etc/fstab file so that you can mount
the floppy with just the command:
mount /mnt/floppy
instead of the command:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
Just change the file type in fstab from ext2 to msdos


Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Ginger [mailto:ginger@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 5:13 PM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Auto start of X in linux
>
>
> From: Ron Ginger <ginger@...>
>
> It is possible to make x start after every boot. My red hat 5.2 book, on
> page 94, gives the details. Basically you modify inittab to goto run
> level 5 on start. That will start the x server, and an xdm session.
>
> You will still have to log in to x and start up emc, but at least the
> first screen you get to will be a nice graphic login box.
>
> I would point out however, that if xdm inst right, and you
> automatically go to runlevel 5 you can get the system into some hard to
> recover from states- i.e. if you re-boot it goes right to xdm, but you
> cant login to fix an xdm problem, so you are hung. Test xdm carefully
> before you make it the default startup.
>
> ron
>
> Trivia question- why was the name X chosen for this gaphic system?
>
> The answer is the same as why a programming language is called C.