Answers to: run level 5 fails

Answer by rituraj.goswami

rituraj.goswami — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:22:18 -0400

can you please post the results following commands here [the hash here doesnn't mean you have to type them it means type them with the root privileged ]

tail -n 100 /var/log/dmesg > dmesg.txt

tail -n 100 /var/log/messages > messages.txt

tail -n 100 /var/log/Xorg.0.log > xlog.txt

Answer by eugenejvr

eugenejvr — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:39:22 -0400

I think schmidi100's answer is correct. look at https://hardware.redhat.com/ to see if your hardware is supported by rhel. otherwise you will have to compile display drivers or something. But firstly look at why your X is not starting (check your log files at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /var/log/messages)

Answer by schmidi100

schmidi100 — Tue, 04 May 2010 06:01:06 -0400

So you are not able to start into the (default)runlevel 5(graphical mode). You are not able to start the desktop(KDE,Gnome,etc..). Check your System for errorlogs, (generated when trying to enter runlevel 5), mostly placed under /var/log Reason could be your Hardware(Graphiccard not supported or old driver etc..)