On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 01:25, Richard Hubbell wrote: > On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 23:58:11 -0600, Christopher J. Bottaro > <cjbottaro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > When my computer boots to run level 5, it hangs on starting X. The screen > > just freezes up with red and green vertical lines and the computer stops > > responding to input. > > > > The weird thing is that if I boot to run level 3 and manually type startx, > > then X starts up just fine. > > > > Any ideas or suggestions? > > Could it be a tear in the fabric of space? If not then maybe startx and the line > you have in /etc/inittab for level 5 are running different software. Usually > run level 5 runs prefdm so that's where I'd start. > > Richard Are you using NVIDIA drivers? If so you may need to copy the /dev/nvidia* to /etc/udev/devices directory. There is a known problem during startup. What I think happens is that udev does not start or complete its thing prior to the NVIDIA drivers being needed. If you manually startup X and copy those files to the udev directory then they will be available during startup. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses. -- Victor Hugo
