Subj : Re: how to change runlevel at start? To : comp.os.linux From : Star Fleet Admiral Q Date : Tue Jul 13 2004 03:01 am FYI - The RH sponsored Fedora distros use GNOME as default GUI, although you can choose otherwise during installation. -- Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service -------------------------------------------------------- "wayne" wrote in message news:26744aa8.0407112158.49bfaed@posting.google.com... > Michael W Cocke wrote in message news:<8ng3f0p7h9ostnt6mvbq2mqm83htnl7g7m@4ax.com>... > > On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 19:16:55 GMT, Micke wrote: > > > > >Is there anyone that could give me a hint of how to find instructions for > > >starting in diffrent runlevels depending on the user that logs in? > > > > > >The problem is that the kids can't understand the console (they are only 4 > > >and 5 y o) and need to get striaght in to KDE wich they can use, me and my > > >wife prefer to use the console normally. > > > > > >Thanks > > >Micke > > > > Changing inittab to an id of 5 will start the X server for all > clients. > If you are only going to be doing this for <5 users, just add the > following lines to the .bash_profile located in the client's home > directory. > > startx > > To ensure that KDE starts, login as your children, type startx, and > then use the Desktop Switching Tool to enable KDE as the default > desktop (Assuming a RedHat type distro is being used - if not you > could try xinit -e startkde) > > Hope this helps! .