Re: X failing to start

kwhiskerz wrote:
> On June 22, 2008 23:12:37 Graeme Nichols wrote:
>  > 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?
> 
> Not the foggiest, but I do know that for fedora 9, you are no longer 
> supposed to use an xorg.conf. It autoconfigures itself. I removed mine 
> on both desk- and flaptop computers and all is well (yes, the synaptics 
> daemon wants that shm line, but it works anyway). Other than that, I 
> find this is one hassle out of my computer life.
> 

OK. Thanks. The real problem is gdm not starting I've discovered. Should 
be reasonably easy to sort out now.

Graeme.


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