Why!! does End Session default to Runlevel 3

[Jim]

g wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>>> could it be, one has '/etc/inittab' is set  'level 3', other at 
>>> 'level 5'
>
>> /etc/inittab
>> # inittab       This file describes how the INIT process should set up
>
>> # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
>
>> #   5 - X11
>
>> id:5:initdefault:
>
>
> means you boot up in 'x11',  aka, 'x-windows'. when you log out of 
> 'x-windows',
> you return to 'x' display manager prompt.
>
> rex boots init level 3, receives login/password prompt. after login, 
> he types
> 'startx', 'xstart', gnome, or kde to gain 'x-windows'. when he logs 
> out of
> 'x-windows', he returns to 'command line' prompt.
>
>> # Run xdm in runlevel 5
>> x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
>
> tells what you have for 'x-windows' manager.
>
> ???.
>
>
So is there indication as to why it's dropping to runlevel 3 instead of 
the login window ??