On November 8, 2003 08:51 am, Mathieu Masse wrote: > Hi list, > > Urgent problem, yesterday I setup my box for XDMCP using the HOWTO on > LDP.org. After realizing that it wasn?t secure (better to use SSH) I went > back in the files and rechanged them to what they were (backtracked from > the howto). Then this morning I rebooted my computer (for reboot since > changing and rechanging the files) and now X wont start and gives me this > message: > > INIT: ID ?x? respawning to fast: disabled for 5 minutes. > > Every 5 minutes it displays the same message. Here is a little bit more > info on my system: X686 running Red Hat 9.0 with Xfree 4.3 Gnome 2.2. Here > are the files I changed from the Howto: xdm-conf, Xaccess and gdm.conf. > These are the files mentioned in the howto, and I don?t remember playing > with other files. > > Also this morning before restarting I was trying to compile Galeon 1.3.10, > and since I was missing libraries I used Ximian Red Carpet to install them > (all devel rpm?s). Don?t know if this caused the problem. > > TIA for the help, don?t want to be stuck using M$ for to long? > > Mathieu Hi, you can check /etc/inittab for a line (last line?) that looks similar to: x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon check that and if you change it run "telinit q" to force rereading of inittab. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
