On November 27, 2003 04:24 am, Brian Furey wrote: > Hi Folks, > i get the following error on my redhat 9.0 machine > INIT ld "x" respawning too fast disabled for 5 minutes > I used init 3 to change the runlevel from 5 to 3 and i can work on the > command line. > I can only work commands from root. Also i have to give the absolute > path of the command. i.e. /bin/shutdown -now or /sbin/.. > How can i get gnome back? > Can anyone give any suggestion of what might be wrong? > Brian. > p.s. i have done alot ofsearching on mailing lists already before posting > this. Hi Brian, you can stat my editing /etc/inittab and changing: id:5:initdefault: to: id:3:initdefault: then you will only boot into runlevel 3 and you should have a regular environment. Even changing to 1 then back to 3 should clean it up as it will log you out leaving 1. Now to test you can use "startx" and if X fails, your env should be intact. As for starting X, I have seen that error before while setting up Xterminals but can't recall what the cause was. You may want to have a look at your /tmp for files like: .X0-lock .X1-lock You can remove them if no X sessions or dispaly manages (login screens) are running. If they do exist and your X is not running, that would stop it from starting but I don't think that you would see a respawn message. maybe someone else can pin point the respawn problem. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
