[H-GEN] Login/X/Startup problems

[Michael Anthon]

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This means that init is attempting to run GDM which gives you the X based
login dialog, but for some reason GDM is unable to run.  Unfortunately there
could be many reasons for this, from some problem with the X server, to
problems with gdm itself and any of the myriad scripts involved in the
running of X.

Try the following....

1. Take a look in /var/log/gdm/* [1]
2. Comment out gdm in inittab and then attempt to start it manually using
'/etc/init.d/gdm start'
3. Try running X using 'startx'

Should be enough to get you on the right track

Cheers
Michael


[1] This is where Debian puts them, not sure where RH puts them

> 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.
>



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