Respawning too fast problem
Ok, heres my problem... I've just installed redhat 8 and it worked fine for a while but know it i get the
INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes error and i'm unable to fix it. Changing the "id:5:initdefault" line in /etc/inittab to "id:3:initdefault" prevents the computer trying to boot into X directly however when i run startx it does not work. I get an error (from the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file) along the lines of Device is not a valid keyword in this section... Parse error from the /etc/X11/XF86Config file. Now i think this has something to do with my logitech optical wheel mouse as i think that after i plugged this in for one boot up the problem began. Is it likely that the XF86Config file has some sort of error that X does not like? Any help would be great and please do not refer me to the search button because i have been searching for a solution for hours. Thnx a heap. |
hi,
post the relevant parts of your /etc/X11/Xf86Config-4 file plus some additional details on your mouse. regards penseur2 |
please serach this site, your question gets asked far too often, and many solutions are already here
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Heres how i fixed it
It turns out the problem was being caused by the addition of a Logitech Optical Wheel mouse being plugged in prior to booting and the system then detects it and altered the XF86Config file accordingly, however X didn't like the way it was configured. Having both a touchpad and usb mouse pIugged in required the alteration of the relevent sections of the XF86Config files as follows to correct the problem:
... Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Anaconda Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents" EndSection ... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection ... Sorry for asking a question that gets asked all the time, hope the solution that worked for me can help others. :D |
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