Re: [expert] Fw: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)

[Stephen Bosch]

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Dennis Robertson wrote:

> Ellick and Stephen,
> Thank you both - that got KDE to run, but only from startx in the
> console.  Getting there, though.  If I boot to runlevel 5 I still get
> the "cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm""  and respawning too fast
> messages.

The first thing that I would do is find out where /etc/X11/prefdm is - or
if it even exists - and then I would do a thorough check of the inittab...

I wouldn't go the step of reinstalling just yet - it may only compound
your grief (That is not the Unix way =) ).

-Stephen-