Do I have to change from rl 3 to 5 & reboot to get into gnome?

XunilNewb · 01-17-2005, 07:44 AM

Does any1 know of a way to get into gnome from bash prompt (run level 3) without changing the runlevel to 5 and rebooting?

shuuhen · 01-17-2005, 09:04 AM

'startx' should start your windowing system.

Skie · 01-17-2005, 11:23 AM

Typeing startx will start the default Desktop Enviroment (Gnome, KDE, etc). If you specifically want to go to a particular Desktop, using GDM will start Gnome, but will require a username/password. This should set Gnome as your default so you can use startx from then on. For KDE, it's either startkde, or kdm. I don't remember which.

XunilNewb · 01-19-2005, 09:34 AM

Great! I can stop rebooting every time I want to use graphical web, thanks guys!

Skie · 01-19-2005, 10:28 AM

If all you want this for is to switch to/from X, then using startx is the better option. Keep in mind though that there may be certain services that start during runlevel 5 which aren't started during runlevel 3. If these services are of no interest to you, then you can just stick with using startx.

Also, don't switch to runlevel 6 unless you want to reboot.

01-17-2005, 07:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
XunilNewb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 30 OS: Fedora Core 1, Win XP	Do I have to change from rl 3 to 5 & reboot to get into gnome? Does any1 know of a way to get into gnome from bash prompt (run level 3) without changing the runlevel to 5 and rebooting? __________________ Don't worry Scoob, I don't think Thelma literally meant IPtables!

01-17-2005, 11:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	Typeing startx will start the default Desktop Enviroment (Gnome, KDE, etc). If you specifically want to go to a particular Desktop, using GDM will start Gnome, but will require a username/password. This should set Gnome as your default so you can use startx from then on. For KDE, it's either startkde, or kdm. I don't remember which. __________________

01-19-2005, 09:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
XunilNewb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 30 OS: Fedora Core 1, Win XP	Great! I can stop rebooting every time I want to use graphical web, thanks guys! __________________ Don't worry Scoob, I don't think Thelma literally meant IPtables!

01-19-2005, 10:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	If all you want this for is to switch to/from X, then using startx is the better option. Keep in mind though that there may be certain services that start during runlevel 5 which aren't started during runlevel 3. If these services are of no interest to you, then you can just stick with using startx. Also, don't switch to runlevel 6 unless you want to reboot. __________________

01-17-2005, 09:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 986 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	'startx' should start your windowing system.