I don't understand how the PS1 prompt could be the problem. None of the X startup scripts use it AFAIK.
Are you sure there is not something wrong with your XF86Config file?
No, I don't think so: it's a new installation of RH9, and I haven't modified anything.
You say that if you comment out the one line that sets the PS1 variable in your ~/.bashrc that X starts up OK, but when you have it set it doesn't?
That's correct. The .bashrc_profile and .bashrc file I use are below. If I run it with the PS1 line uncommented, I have the problem; if commented out, I don't.
************ # .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi
# User specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin BASH_ENV=$HOME/.bashrc export BASH_ENV PATH
unset USERNAME
************* # .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions alias mv='mv -i' alias rm='rm -i' alias cp='cp -i' alias cls='clear' alias dirr='ls -al | more' alias hist='history' alias startx='startx -- -nolisten tcp' alias su='su -m'
shopt -s histverify # directs history file to not include the listed commands # and not to include duplicate commands HISTIGNORE='cls:cd:dirr:hist:su' history_control=ignoredups
umask 077
BASH_ENV=$HOME/.bashrc USERNAME="" TIMEOUT=3600 export USERNAME BASH_ENV TIMEOUT
#PS1=[\\w]\\$
set -o emacs
# Source global definitions if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then . /etc/bashrc fi
