*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/18/2003 at 11:17 AM dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >On Friday July 18, 2003 Bob Mclaughlin wrote: >> When I enter 'startx' I immediately get a 'no signal' >> message on screen. After about a minute the usual startup >> screen appears and it slowly loads to the desktop screen. >> It then continues unresponsive to mouse or keyboard input >> until the 'no signal' message reappears and the screen >> blanks. I'm running the latest shrike kernel and no >> non-redhat supplied goodies. Can someone give me (command >> line dummy) some hints on how to get and read the proper >> logs, what files may have gotten corrupted or any other >> hints? TIA > >Bob, > >These days 'startx' is not a common way to start X. Is there a particular >reason why you are using that rather than runlevel 5 (which ensures all of >the companion stuff starts in the proper order)? > >--Doc Savage > Fairview Heights, IL > could you elaborate on this, please? i have always used the text login, and launched X with startx. never had any problems. i don't see the need to start a machine with a gui login 100% of the time when most of the time i access the machine, i'm using the console. regards, shane -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
