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I have used rh7.3 for a long time without any problem, but somehow when I start my linux box today, it doesn't enter X window automaticly, then I checked inittab in /etc, my default run level is still 5, what is going wrong in my linux box? thanx
yea,it works properly with startx.
the last line in /etc/inittab is "x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon"
in /var/log/messages I found a line said something like this "fail to try to start display server several times in a short time;disable display:0"what does this mean?
/var/log/XFree86.0.log is a little bit comlicated, I don't know what to look for, can u tell me?
Thank you very much.
but there's no such line in my log file,no (EE) inside.and it seems to work properly with startx,the main problem is it just doesn't start automaticly when I start linux.
I forgot to tell you something that I changed my computer name in "Network Configuration" at the last time I was in linux before this problem appeared.Did this cause the problem?
X needs to know what computer it's running on is the simple answer
Lets say you are in X in an xterm
if you do something like this
hostname mynewname
you will still be able to use the terminal you are in but if you try to open a new one you will see that it's whacked, and it's because it's looking for the machine it's supposed to be running on. Now in the open xterm change the hostname back and you will be able to open a new xterm.
Last edited by DavidPhillips; 08-21-2002 at 01:33 AM.
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