On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 12:12, Bob Hartung wrote: > Ed, > after typing startx there is a pause then in the center > of the screen "No Input Signal" appears and lasts for 1-2 > seconds. Next there is some output to the screen that > begins with > > XFree86 Version .... > > and the last 2 lines are > > /root/.Xclients: line 8: /root/.Xclients-default: Success > waiting for X server to shut down > > then back to the command prompt. The last two lines do not > appear in the log file Is there anything in /root/.xsession-errors? You could also, for a shot in the dark, try something like the following.... 1. Login as root. 2. Create a directory called hold 3. Move (mv) all of your .X* and .x* files to the hold directory. 4. Optionally, also move all .gnome* directories to the hold area. 5. Try starting x Ed -- "An opinion is like an asshole - everybody has one." - Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan, The Dead Pool - 1988. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list