init respawing too fast

sailu_mvn · 04-06-2005, 07:09 AM

hi ..
When i logged into my system, the xserver did not start. i got an error.
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INIT: Id "x" respwaning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
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When i started Xserver by typing startx command, the same erroor persisits.
I tried telinit q
But it did not work.
Looking forward for reply

/bin/bash · 04-07-2005, 06:56 AM

This will send you to init level 3:
/sbin/init 3 #NOTE: Requires root privileges
Now you can troubleshoot your X configuration problem.

When you fix X then do this (as root):
/sbin/init 5