[H-GEN] Login/X/Startup problems

[Conor Cunningham]

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Hi All,

I recently reset my linux box and upon rebooting I received a strange 
error msg flashing up with intervals of about 10 seconds causing the 
screen to blank.

The msg read:

wintermute login: According to var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running 
(867), but seems to have been murdered mysteriously.

Then after saying this 10 or so times it reads:

INIT: IO "X" respawing too fast. Disabled for 5 minutes.

Ive jumped online from another box searching for answers but I am 
completely lost. Im guessing the .pid stands for some sort of process 
id.? Any clues would be fanstastic.

Cheers,

Conor
cunningham at uq.net.au


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