My thanks to Gavin, Don, Civilme and everyone else who responded. Really
appreciate the suggestions and help.
Gavin Clark wrote:
>
> I had the same problem when I tryed to change my ipaddres and hostname: type
> startx and it goes black.
>
> X does some stuff on the network so if things are not right it can't finish
> starting.
>
> Make sure your networking is all good then run Xconfigurator or drakx (could
> be DRAKx or similar, I'm not sure of the
> case) to get fresh settings then try startx again.
>
> You can search the archives of this list for more info (about three weeks
> ago).
>
> Gavin
>
> ----------
> >From: Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: [expert] URGENT! StartX hangs forever
> >Date: Sun, May 21, 2000, 5:50 AM
> >
>
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > For some unknown reason, the StartX in the Console keeps hanging forever
> > instead of taking me directly to KDE, as it usually does. I have tried
> > for the past hour doing a soft reboot, then a cold reboot (disconnecting
> > the system), Cnt + C, then retyping the command on the new prompt line.
> > I made sure that my printer is off when booting, etc. Nothing works. The
> > StartX command, after being typed, just hangs forever. I tried the same
> > thing as root. Same thing happens as user or as root. The StartX command
> > is in /usr/X11R6/bin/StartX. I have had a problem with the Startx
> > command on occasion before, but now it just won't work under any
> > circumstances.
> >
> > Would appreciate if someone could troubleshoot this.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Benjamin
> > --
> > Benjamin and Anna Sher
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sher's Russian Web
> > http://www.websher.net
> >
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