I had the same problem. I just had to change in /etc/inittab the line x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon I believe that a prefdm process is searched for respawning, but not found as it's a script. Fred At 11:58 24/09/02 -0400, David Miller wrote: >Id "x" respawning too fast: disable for 5 minutes > >I just upgraded to XFree86_4.2.0. The above is the error that I get when I >boot. > >What causes this error? >Is there a way to change the respawn rate for X ? > >thanks, > >david miller > >_______________________________________________ > >Newbie@XFree86.Org >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie