> Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > >/var/log/messages entries when trying the startx: > > > > > The log entries didn't look like they had anything to do with X > starting. Remember that there is sometimes a delay writing syslog > messages to disk. > > More importantly, I think you may be looking at the wrong file. What do > you find in ~/.xsession.*? ~/.xsession doesn't exist, but ~/.xsession-errors does: No mail arrived since Apr 7 20:58 SESSION_MANAGER=local/mail.birdvet.org:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1129 Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 Window manager warning: Lost connection to the display ':0.0'; most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the window manager. The application 'rhn-applet' lost its connection to the display :0.0; most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the application. The application 'magicdev' lost its connection to the display :0.0; most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the application. The application 'gnome-panel' lost its connection to the display :0.0; most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the application. The application 'nautilus' lost its connection to the display :0.0; most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the application. The application 'gnome-terminal' lost its connection to the display :0.0; most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the application. Ben -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list