Well you said yours is happening occassionally? Mine was occurring all the time. I had a problem where when I had switched desktops that my Fonts directory somehow became corrupt. So, I had another RH9 box which I copied the directory from to fix the issue. Before ever starting X you can try to start xfs and check the output to see what type of errors it is getting. What messages did you have after your X closed and you where back to the main terminal? This will point you to the error. Give me a post and I'll try to help you out. Wade -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mohamed Kerbachi Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 3:19 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: RedHat 9.0 and Xwindows issue. Thanks. I get the xfs error, i solved with runlevel 3, but want to know the source of the error ? Any idea. Thanks. -----Message d'origine----- De : Wade Chandler [mailto:wchandler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Envoyé : lundi 20 octobre 2003 20:38 À : redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Objet : RE: RedHat 9.0 and Xwindows issue. Also, one of the times you get the computer to start up. You can go to /etc/inittab and edit this file. Change this line id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault: This will make your system boot to run level 3 (5 is Xwindows). Then you will have to type startx to launch X. Now when you have the problem you won't have to reboot, and you'll be able to see what error message the machine is getting. You may not be able to ALT-CTRL-BACKSPACE, but if you let the Xserver die, you'll have output on your terminal and you'll be able to track down your issue. This is what I ended up having to do. Mine was so bad I had to use my rescue disk to get in and change my files. Hope that helps. Wade -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wade Chandler Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 12:57 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: RedHat 9.0 and Xwindows issue. Maybe your disk is acting up and something is happening to the Xfont server xfs? I had a whacky issue with xfs. I also think that xfs slows X down on startup...(a lot). Has anyone set up X to use a set of paths instead of a unix socket for the X Fonts? This is something I wouldn't mind setting my machines up to do. It would be a performance enhancer. Can't imagine why running a Socket Server for fonts would be very useful (aka seperated from the X server?). Anyone else have any comments or ideas on the matter? Wade -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mohamed Kerbachi Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:24 AM To: RedHat mailling list (E-mail) Subject: RedHat 9.0 and Xwindows issue. With RedHat 9.0 i get often a problem with Xwindow, after days of starting with runlevel 5 without any trooble, after some days I get suddenly ascreen goes black and trying to start xwindow... and loops like that i must than restart the PC with power down and power on. Have some one faced a similair problem? what is the problem ? > Mohamed KERBACHI > Information Security Specialist > Orascom Telecom Algeria > Mobile : +213 70901584 > Fix : +213 70855213 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
