Re: after upgrade to redhat 7.2, X don't start, console ownership problem

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam trinity edu>]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 09:46:30AM +0100, Dumas Patrice wrote:
> > > 
> > I am unclear as to when this failure occurs. You are not having a user
> > run startx. That will have permission problems. You want to change
> 
> Are you sure about that ? What if I don't want to run *dm, and if I don't want
> X to be started at boot ? It worked perfectly before the upgrade...
> 
> Is it an X limitation, a pam limitation or a device ownership problem ?
> 
> > /etc/inittab to have a default run level of 5 instead of 3 and I
> > believe all will be well. X will be started at boot and the user can
> > log in.
> 
> It works as expected like that but I think it isn't really satisfactory.
> 
> Pat
At the risk of starting a war why is that not rally satisfactory. It has
worked for me and out 80 machines for years.
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