Re: problems booting up

[Raghu Vadapalli <vze269th@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Switch to init level 3 as suggested and start X manually to check  the error messages on the VT. Check if your /etc/X11/XF86Config has a valid screen resolution and all. if you can't get to /etc/inittab file then try passing options to grub at boot up time

raghu.
On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 18:51, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Mo, den 19.01.2004 schrieb paul um 00:04:
> > I have been using fedora core 1 with kernel 2.4.22-1.2140 athlon , with
> > great success for about two weeks . but today when I try and boot up the
> > machine I get the following message "INIT: id "x" respawning too
> > fast:disabled for 5 minutes" . Then the machine just sits there. Can anybody
> > help , I am new to Linux so idiot guide please.
> > #thanks paul
>
> >From /etc/inittab:
>
> # Run xdm in runlevel 5
> x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
>
> Seems your prefdm or what it is calling is damaged. Change the default
> init level to 3 in /etc/inittab and then check where the error lies.
> Are you a gnome user or KDE user? Did you change anything lately or did
> filesystem errors occur?
>
> Alexander
>
>
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