Id " X " respawning too fast??

[Glynn Clements]

Alex Ngai wrote:

> >This just means that the X server fails to start.
> >
> >I suggest switching to a runlevel which doesn't include X, then trying
> >to start X using "startx". Even if startx doesn't work, you should get
> >some error messages which provide clues as to why it doesn't work.
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> Could you more specific as how do I switch to a runlevel that doesn't
> include X?

"telinit 3" probably (/etc/inittab usually has comments indicating
which runlevels are which, but typically 3 is everything except X and
5 is everything including X).

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>