Try: up2date --install xorg-x11 gnome-desktop gnome-panel To ensure that your X11 environment gets installed with gnome properly. Those packages will cause all of their dependencies to be installed as well. --James Cooley > Well, I just want to get the windowing system working at all. When it > enters > init level 5, upon boot up, I get the typical error of "Init(x) respawning > too fast" which after much research I determined to mean that the X > windows > subsystem isn't starting. > > > >>From: "Smith, Albert" <Albert.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Reply-To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >>To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >>Subject: RE: How to manually start gnome? >>Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:04:55 -0500 >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >> > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed Greshko >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:27 PM >> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list >> > Subject: Re: How to manually start gnome? >> > >> > Seth G wrote: >> > > I just installed Enterprise Linux WS and get the typical >> > error "Init "x" >> > > respawning too fast" when X windows won't start. >> > > >> > > I'm trying to start it manually to get a more explicit >> > error (yes I've >> > > checked /var/log/messages) but I guess startx has been deprecated. >> > > >> > > What's the new method for starting gnome manually? Keep in >> > mind that >> > > I'm already at Init(5) and gnome is not launching. >> > >> > startx is just fine....but you don't say what level of RH you >> > are running either. You may actually want to look in >> > /var/log/XFree86.0.log. >> > >> > -- >> > redhat-list mailing list >> > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> > >> > >> >>gdm is the gnome display manager which handles the login and everything >>else. If you just want to use Xwindows for just that session for the >>logged in user only then run startx. If you want it globally the put >>your self at run level 5. It should start all the needed resources. >> >>Albert Smith >>Sr. Unix Systems Administrator >>HPCSA, RHCT >>Genex Services >>440 E. Swedesford Rd. >>Wayne, PA 19087 >>albert.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>(610) 964-5154 >> >> >>-- >>redhat-list mailing list >>unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > _________________________________________________________________ > On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to > get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > > -- > 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
