>    I have Linux 7.0 on a Pentium II 400 processor, using the X windows
>    packages.  After using it for several months without any problem, I
>    changed some of my display settings, as root, from the GNOME Control
>    Center, during which session I also looked at various Window
>    Managers.  Now, when I reboot the machine, all I get is the following,
>    ad nauseum, in a perpetual loop, so that the boot sequence never
>    finishes:

hmmm. first off; boot to single-user mode (type 'linux -s' at the LILO
prompt at boot time); and edit /etc/inittab. change your default runlevel to
3, instead of 5, so it won't try to start GDM.

then take a look at your /etc/hosts file. is there an entry in there for
your current hostname? there needs to be; or else a DNS record for it; or
GDM will crap out. (another reason I distrust GDM).

Carl Soderstrom.
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Network Engineer
Real-Time Enterprises
(952) 943-8700
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