I guess the problem here is the X server cannot make contact with the display manager. Your X starts up fine after you are logged in to runleve 3 because you authentication is already done. can you check if your display manager is running ps -ef | grep dm or netstat -ap | grep xdmcp Also check out the section /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf for XDMCP setting. --Walter Quoting Igor Nestoroviæ <jung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hello all, > > I started experiencing problems during the boot procedure on my Shrike. > > At the moment when GDM starts, the NVIDIA driver loads successfully (its > splash screen shows) and then I get blank (black) screen with a mouse > cursor "X". > > Sometimes I get a console message stating that the "X" server has been > already up on screen "0" (tty7), giving me the option to press "OK" to > try to start "X" server on screen "1" (tty8), or "CANCEL" to reload on > the current screen "0". Whatever I choose, it ends up with "X" freezing, > sometimes a driver for a graphic card loads in loop. > > When I boot in init 3 and consequently order "startx" GNOME loads > without problems. Also KDM is working fine, so I guess that > XFree86.config and NVIDIA display driver are OK. > > I haven't been able to find any useful info in logs (/var/log/messages, > XFree86 or gdm.log). > > Any help on this subject will be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > -- > Mankind's yearning to engage in sports is older than recorded history, > dating back to the time millions of years ago, when the first primitive > man picked up a crude club and a round rock, tossed the rock into the > air, and whomped the club into the sloping forehead of the first > primitive umpire. What inner force drove this first athlete? Your guess > is as good as mine. Better, probably, because you haven't had four > beers. -- Dave Barry, "Sports is a Drag" > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using NWebmail, BSNL's Webmail Program -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
