14.12. Changing Login from Console to X at Startup
How do I change my login from the console to the graphical screen?
Instead of logging in to your system at the console and typing the startx command to start the X Window System, you can configure your system so that you can log in directly to X.
You must edit one file, /etc/inittab, by changing just one number in the runlevel section. When you are finished, reboot the computer. The next time you log in, you will have a graphical login prompt.
Open a shell prompt. If you are in your user (home) account, change to the root user by using the su command:
su - |
Now, type gedit /etc/inittab to edit the file with gedit. The file /etc/inittab will open. Within the first screen, you will see a section of the file which looks like this:
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are: # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # 1 - Single user mode # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking) # 3 - Full multiuser mode # 4 - unused # 5 - X11 # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # id:3:initdefault: |
To change from a console to a graphical login, you should change the number in the line id:3:initdefault: from a 3 to a 5.
 | Warning |
|---|---|
Change only the number of the default runlevel from 3 to 5. |
Your changed line should look like the following:
id:5:initdefault: |
When you are satisfied with your change, save and exit the file using
the
Now, your next login after reboot will be from the graphical screen.