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Well, like the title says, I have inittab set to id:5:initdefault but it always boots to runlevel 3 (as confirmed by "runlevel" and "who -r")

Typing 'init 5' brings the GUI up. Also, appending '5' to the kernel grub line also brings up the GUI.

By why is inittab ignored?

Danny
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  • Is the `initdefault` line in `inittab` exactly as you've shown? There should be colon on the end - so `id:5:initdefault:`. Although if init didn't recognise the line I'd expect (from the docs) it to prompt for run level. – Paul Haldane Jun 14 '15 at 17:55
  • sorry, yes, the inittab has the colon on the end so "id:5:initdefault:" The freshly installed file had that as the absolute last line. I added an extra blank line below but same result. – Danny Jun 14 '15 at 18:16
  • What is in your grub config? i.e. cat /proc/cmdline What commands did the OS boot with? Is there a 3 in the grub config? – Aaron Jul 17 '15 at 16:06

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