Re: init: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled

--- Vijay Velusamy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    I recently had a power failure. When I tried bringing the system
> back
> up, I got the message
> 
> init: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> 
> I tried changing the initlevel to 3 (from 5 previously), and starting
> X
> (startx) manually.
> 
> I was unable to do so. There don't seem to be any XF86Config File in
> /etc/X11.
> 
> I am using a stock version of Redhat with a kernel that has been
> recompiled. The System was working perfectly until the power failure.
> 
> I am suspecting a corrupt partition, but don't know for sure. Can
> anyone
> point me in the right direction?

Sounds like filesystem corruption to me.  you should get a UPS.

Alex

> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Vijay
> 
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