Re: [aclug-L] Login display

[Jesse Kaufman <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

edit the /etc/inittab file and change the runlevel to 5 instead of 3...  this
will load up xdm when it comes to the login screen instead of the text login...

jesse

Sanjay Dhar wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm using a RH 5.1 machine. But when ever I login, I need to type startx
> in order to start up the X server. I wanted to know which file(s) do I
> need to modify in order to see the "pretty" login screen.
>
> I guess that I might need to mess with the xdm-config file. But I'm really
> not sure what needs to be changed.
>
> I would really appreciate any help.
> Regards,
> Sanjay
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