Ensure that your window maker starts. Gdm should be working since you could log in. Does the same happen when you login as root or another user? Could be that the default.session file is corrupt. Try to install the XFree86 packages again and delete the last sessions in your ~/.gnome/session (rh 7.2) or metacity or whatever window manager you use. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suryaman Maharjan" <smaharjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:27:51 +0545 (NPT) To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: help: x server > yes i have tried startx in runlevel 3 also. the problem is same. the blue > screen appears and does not progress beyond that. > > > do you successfully login through command prompt and then issue a > > command such > > as "startx" to start the xwindows server - and then you are prompted for > > a username > > and password? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Suryaman Maharjan [mailto:smaharjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2003 1:30 a.m. > > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: help: x server > > > > > > hi ! > > > > i recently upgreded my redhat machine to 9.0. It was working fine until > > i happen to restart the server from terminal without logging out from > > xwindow. since then my xwindow in not working. it prompts for username > > and password and doesn't progress beyond that. i've tried some commands > > that i used in rh 7.0 but they don't work, any suggestions ? > > > > Surya > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 -- ___________________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.operamail.com, which allows you to send SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
