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Belmin Fernandez
Asked: 2011-10-07 14:38:29 +0800 CST

What in a kickstart file sets the desktop GUI as default (runlevel 5)?

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I am using Scientific Linux 6 and am installing the following desktop-related package groups:

@basic-desktop
@desktop-platform
@general-desktop
@x11

However, after installation, /etc/inittab still set to multi-user console runlevel (id:2:initdefault:).

What am I missing here?

linux kickstart rhel6

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Hate to answer my own question but I think I found something that might be it. The xconfig option with the --startxonboot parameter seems to fit perfectly.

    I will test it in the morning.

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  2. Good question. You're using a kickstart. Can you post the full file? I've typically found that kickstart files run in text mode will result in a system that boots to runlevel 3. If you omit the text mode installation and install the requisite desktop/x11 groups, the system should default to runlevel 5.

    Of course, you can add a line in the postinstall section, too...

    sed -i 's/id:2:initdefault:/id:5:initdefault:/g' /etc/inittab

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