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Hi,
could you please help me here.my CentOS 5.10 running on HP proliant DL380 G7.The OS run with Graphical mode.few months ago my OS faced GUI problem but I solved. Now facing same problem with different errors.
I have installed yum groupinstall "X Window System" "KDE(K Desktop Environment)" and "X Window System" "GNOME Desktop Environment" but no good result.
After booting OS it shows
INIT: cannot execute "/sbin/mingetty" [it comes with many lines after by after]..then..
INIT: Id "1" respawaning too fast: disable for five minute
INIT: Id "2" respawaning too fast: disable for five minute
INIT: Id "3" respawaning too fast: disable for five minute
INIT: Id "4" respawaning too fast: disable for five minute
INIT: Id "5" respawaning too fast: disable for five minute
INIT: Id "6" respawaning too fast: disable for five minute
INIT: cannot execute "/sbin/mingetty" [it comes with many lines after by after]....continuing..
How I can resolve it please ??
To provide you such hints below I have uploaded two file which show the result after executing...
1/ in against the command "vim /etc/inittab" shows such results (red colored) those I never seen before.
2/ When I tried to run "startx" it shows the errors.
any support please ???
regards//
Jamshed
Last edited by jamsheduddin; 06-21-2014 at 06:36 AM.
You'll need to boot the machine to single user mode (if you Google for CentOS single user mode you should find instructions for how to do it) and see if /sbin/mingetty is present, for starters. The mingetty program is responsible for starting the text-mode consoles when your system finishes booting. It's usually always present and several instances are configured to start on boot (one for each of the virtual consoles, usually tty1-tty6, while the GUI is access via ctrl+alt+F7). If it's missing, there is likely something very wrong with the system and other things may be very broken as well. It's usually best to fix problems one at a time, so please see if you can resolve this, and then tell us exactly how you start the graphics (e.g. do you first login to a text console and then "startx", or does the system boot to a graphical login manager?) and any other error messages you receive when trying to do so.
The 2nd screenshot shows its failing to find a conf file; likely xorg.conf https://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/D...iguration.html.
See also the mentioned Xorg log file.
You should get similar info from /var/log/dmesg.
Its possible the system got updated and doesn't have the correct driver for the video.
Here I have attached the file as the result of "/var/log/dmesg" and "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
Please suggest any solution. Still not booting with GUI.
@ btmiller
there are no "mingetty" file under "/sbin/". From the internet it is not installing using the yum. so I am trying by a local repository.
or any help from your end please ?
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