It looks that you have problem with Gnome or KDE startup, not X startup. Try to move all your gnome/kde configuration files to temporary directory, and then startx again.
Pavel. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Fri, November 22, 2002 2:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: X freezes > > > I've been having a problem with starting up X lately. And > today I can't > start it period. When I 'startx' the screen goes black, the > small Red Hat > splash comes up and then it just sits. It never gets to the > point where > the little icons start lighting up as things are being > loaded. There is > no disk activity. The machine isn't locked up and I can move > the mouse > around in it. It just doesn't start. The last couple of times this > happened, I killed it and it would start fine after that. > Now it won't. > Any ideas? Here is what was on the console as it tried to start: > > [bts@clown bts]$ startx > > XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-72) / X > Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 23 January 2002 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) > Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-11smp i686 [ELF] > Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com > > Module Loader present > OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-18.8.0 > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2 > 20020903 (Red Hat > Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Wed Nov 13 22:52:09 EST 2002 > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Nov 21 > 18:03:24 2002 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" > SESSION_MANAGER=local/clown.home.lan:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1018 > Loaded background '0x8095c88 > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
