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In Fedora 9 when the computer reboots it stops at the command line and says to enter "I" to load the GUI. Is there a way to load it automatically?

modify /etc/inittab

there must be a line with the following entry:
id:3:initdefault: (the number may vary but is usually 3 - indicating the runlevel, 3 is multi-user with networking

change the number to 5 and it will boot in graphical mode.

Thanks Moredruid. I'll give it a try.

actually, blueracer, how did you get into that predicament??

there seems to be something odd or possibly wrong with that installation.
graphics should definitely come up by default!

the only time fedora asks for "press I" is for interactive startup. there is a little delay at that point.

what happens if you do nothing - don't press i?

maybe that system is slow and you think it's asking you to press i.

Thanks for the reply cpg. I just looked at the inittab file and found that its already 5. I was just going to
reply to moredruid when I saw your reply. I tried it out and your right I was not waiting long enough. It works.