----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Richards"
Lovette Burland wrote:
I think the xdm is corrupt
xdmstartproc reports : cannot stat /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm: no such file or directory
Q. I boot into runlevel 3 not runlevel 5 so why does it need to start xdm..
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You shouldn't. I would first make sure I was booting into level 3. At the grub boot screen, type the number 3 and hit enter. If it is already up, can you use CTL-ALT-F1 (or F2 through F6) to get a terminal screen? If so, log in as root and type runlevel. If you booted into level 3 it should respond with:
N 3
Hope this helps.
You do not have to be root to run this command, but you do have to provide the full pathspec: $/sbin/runlevel JimW