X doesn't start when booting in run level 5
Bob Chiodini
rchiodin at bellsouth.net
Mon Mar 7 12:43:33 UTC 2005
On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 23:58 -0600, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When my computer boots to run level 5, it hangs on starting X. The screen
> just freezes up with red and green vertical lines and the computer stops
> responding to input.
>
> The weird thing is that if I boot to run level 3 and manually type startx,
> then X starts up just fine.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
Try booting without rhgb and quiet on the kernel command line. There
was an earlier issue with rhgb and dri. I cannot remember the details.
One other thing: If you boot into runlevel 3 and then enter runlevel 5
does X start? BTW: Runlevel 3 also stops rhgb from running.
Bob...
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