RH Strange Behaviour

[Jing Su]

Maybe your X-server is trying to start up but dying?

Try:
- change your run level to 3.
- log in at the text console prompt.
- try to start X using the 'startx' command.
- if X dies and kicks you back to console, then you know something has
broken X.

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, MERC wrote:

> Hello,
> I hope someone can give me a hand... I've been happily using my RH9 without any problems until two days ago, when I shut it down to relocate the box.
> Once I restarted the machine, it made this sequence:
> 1. Displays the usual kernel selection screen
> 2. Displays the verbose startup, everything looks ok
> 3. Displays the usual D.O.S.-like window with the login user prompt
> 4. A distorted image appears in the whole window!
> 5. Seems that it knows something went wrong and...
> 6. Returns the sequence to step 3.
>
> It goes endlessly like that...Usually it went through steps 1-3 and in step 4, the login window would appear.
>
> Any clue on what is happening and how to solve it?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> MERC
>
>
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