<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.0.9"> </HEAD> <BODY> Switch to init level 3 as suggested and start X manually to check the error messages on the VT. Check if your /etc/X11/XF86Config has a valid screen resolution and all. if you can't get to /etc/inittab file then try passing options to grub at boot up time raghu. On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 18:51, Alexander Dalloz wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE>Am Mo, den 19.01.2004 schrieb paul um 00:04: > I have been using fedora core 1 with kernel 2.4.22-1.2140 athlon , with > great success for about two weeks . but today when I try and boot up the > machine I get the following message "INIT: id "x" respawning too > fast:disabled for 5 minutes" . Then the machine just sits there. Can anybody > help , I am new to Linux so idiot guide please. > #thanks paul >From /etc/inittab: # Run xdm in runlevel 5 x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon Seems your prefdm or what it is calling is damaged. Change the default init level to 3 in /etc/inittab and then check where the error lies. Are you a gnome user or KDE user? Did you change anything lately or did filesystem errors occur? Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653 </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>