X failing to start

Hello Folks,

This is off topic, I know, but I am hoping some kind soul might have an 
answer for my X problem.

After a normal shutdown yesterday, today I now find X will not start 
using init 5. I have checked the xorg.conf file and can see nothing 
untoward. Changing inittab file to init 3 and then using the command 
startx it takes quite a while for x to start.

Along with this problem came cups and sendmail services taking forever 
to start during the boot process.

Has anyone any idea what may have happened?

-- 
Kind regards,

Graeme Nichols.
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Registered Linux User 381781 (http://counter.li.org/)
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