[SOLVED] boot drops me into single user shell

[newiLuvatar]

hi everyone,

I installed f14 tc a few days ago.
now when I start the system, I drops me into a single user shell. I usually type init 3, login as user and then type startx, and I get into gnome.
is this the usual behaviour, or do I have to tweak something? couldn't find anything conclusive in /var/log/messages...

thx!

[scott32746]

Hello,

Do not know what tc is, but

Check you /etc/inittab and if id: is set to
id:3:initdefault: ____COMMANDLINE
id:5:initdefault: ____GUI

[newiLuvatar]

tc is test candidate.
the file only says id:5:initdefault:

added the lines, still the same behaviour (those are 4 underscores, right?).

[scott32746]

OK, you are set up to go into GUI, Does the boot up complete or does it stop at a point ?
You can remove the graphic front at boot up to see the boot.
# vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
add remove rhgb from the kernel line.
Once that is done you can watch the bootup and see what the last thing it tries to start.

[marko]

Originally Posted by newiLuvatar

tc is test candidate.
the file only says id:5:initdefault:

added the lines, still the same behaviour (those are 4 underscores, right?).

No, he means the contents of the /etc/inittab file should have a line at the bottom
exactly like this:

id:5:initdefault:

(his ___COMMANDLINE and ____GUI were just labels pointing out what each line is for, if the digit is 3 you get acommand line, if it's a 5 it loads the gui)

[sonoran]

The following thread might be of interest: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/piper...st/092975.html

I haven't kept up with F14 so I don't know what the current status of this issue is, but if you are using systemd this might help:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Soft.../TipsAndTricks

Scroll down to "Changing the Default Boot Target"; /etc/inittab is being deprecated.

The old standby of adding a 3 or 5 for runlevel to the kernel command line in grub seems to work for some people.

[newiLuvatar]

hi everyone

thank you for your replies.
apparently the "problem" was systemd, who doesn't honor /etc/initab.
as described in http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Soft.../TipsAndTricks I did

ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target

which would have worked fine. but now the greeter seems caught in a loop starting itself.
so I changed it to

ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target

which at least brings me a step further than before.
I'll do some more tests and maybe file a bug...

[newiLuvatar]

problem has been fixed. graphical.target takes me to the login screen and I login as usual.