strange Problem with Monitor on RH 9

[Rick Stevens]

othma El Moulat wrote:
> thanks Mark for your interest ...
> I will proceed by elimination through the steps you specified in your reply...
> 1.i's not a matter of electromagnetic interference...i don't have any 
> electronic device near my Machine...
> 2.Yes my windoz box is running fine i don't have this problem if i boot into 
> my windoz box...
> 3.what are the parameters that i should verify in the bios ?
> 6.here is what i got when i run startx:
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Server is already active for display 0
>         If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
>         and start again.
>  
>  
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> the full server output, not just the last messages.
> Please report problems to xfree86 at xfree86.org.

If the machine died the first time, you may indeed have a lock file that
will prevent X from running.  Boot the machine as normal.  If X doesn't
start up, hold down the ALT and CTRL keys and hit F12.  Then hit 
"ALT-F1".  You should get a console prompt.  Log in as the root user and
enter these commands:

	telinit 3
	rm -f /tmp/.X0-lock

Then reboot the system.  X should come back up.
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