> -----Original Message----- > From: Jose Romildo Malaquias [mailto:romildo@uber.com.br] > Sent: Wed, October 16, 2002 12:45 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > > On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 04:59:36PM -0300, José Romildo > Malaquias wrote: > > > > My new installed RHL 8.0 system was configured > > to login using gdm. But, except for the first > > time the system was started, I was unable to > > run the X Window System. After system > > initialization, I get the message telling > > me that > > > > INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > > > and after 5 five minutes the message repeats > > on my Linux console, periodically. > > > > When changed from the graphical login to the > > text login, and restarting X manualy with > > startx, the problem does not appear. > > > > Any clues on what is going on and how to > > solve the problem? > > I have conducted some tests: > > # cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop > DESKTOP="GNOME" > # /etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon > # echo $? > 2 > # /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon > /usr/bin/gdm: line 175: `mc-transparent-set': not a valid identifier > # echo $? > 2 > # sh /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon > /usr/bin/gdm: line 175: `mc-transparent-set': not a valid identifier > # echo $? > 2 > # ls -l /bin/sh > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 1 18:10 > /bin/sh -> bash* > # bash /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon > It think, bash simulates traditional sh behaviour, when run as /bin/sh, and advanced bash scripts may be incompatible with it. > The last command succeeded. Conlusion: it does make a difference if > the /usr/bin/gdm script is started with /bin/sh or /bin/bash, > although /bin/sh is a symbolic link to /bin/bash. Editing the > script /usr/bin/gdm and changing the first line, which reads > > #!/bin/sh > > to > > #!/bin/bash > > and running > > # /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon > > also succeeds. > > Is there any reason for me seeing this behaviour in my RHL 8.0 > box? Is anybody else seeing this? I remember seeing a report > of this error in the limbo-list when (null) was being > tested, but no satisfactory solution. I'm running gdm on 2 Psyche machines without a problem, and I also used it successfully with (null). I never had to modify either prefdm or gdm scripts. Btw, your gdm script complains about line 175, while mine has only 11 lines. > > Any clues? > > Romildo > -- > Prof. José Romildo Malaquias romildo@uber.com.br > Departamento de Computação malaquias@iceb.ufop.br > Univ. Federal de Ouro Preto http://uber.com.br/romildo > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
