When giving command 'startx' or when running at runlevel 5, Xwindows fails to strt and gives the following error (Thanks for any help):

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ERROR GIVEN
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Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-2.ELsmp i686 [ELF]
Build Host: stripples.devel.redhat.com

Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.20-20.8 (bhcompile@daffy.perf.redhat.com)
(gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Mon Aug 18
14:59:07 EDT 2003
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 Dec 4 18:51:30 2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"

(gnome-session:1245): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: specified class size for
type `PangoXftFontMap' is smaller than the parent type's `PangoFontMap'
class size

(gnome-session:1245): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gobject.c: line 615
(g_object_new): assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed

waiting for X server to shut down .

i normally get this problem when i have a corrupted /root/.xinitrc file or whatever user u have logged on as like /bob/.xinitrc...try deleting the appropriate .xinitrc file

also , if it still doesnt work ...try typing kdm, xdm or gdm

tell me what happened when u deleted .xinitrc

The file wasnt corrupted but all of the other window managers worked fine. SOmehow when I installed Pango I messed up gnome. I dont understand how Xmanagers work and I am not sure what I did. I upgraded to RH9 and this fixed the problem. I'm too noobish to fix it so I took the easy way out.