INIT: id "x" respawning too fast:disabled for 5 mintues

[ganesh pink]

I am using RHEL5 when i boot the linux it directly go to runlevel 3 while i am trying to graphics mode using init 5 its show errror msg like this
INIT: id "x" respawning too fast:disabled for 5 mintues

[Andras Ordogh]

hello,

maybe you have to check:
- all necesarry x packet installed?
- all installation finished without error?
- try to reconfigure X
- logs?

andras

[Alex Glennie]

see http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/x-respawning-too-fast-disabled-for-5-minutes-789792/

[~sesh]

May be Xorg is not configured correctly. Try:
X -configure

Or check the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for any entries that are not relevant to your system, or any missing ones.

Also, as already suggested may be you have not installed all packages required for graphical desktop.

[pradeep m · Accepted solution]

You probably set wrong parameters for your video card or monitor. If you receive a log-in prompt after the error message, simply log-in as root, and type "xf86config". Make sure you have all the specs for your monitor and graphics card available. Always test the settings if asked. If it wont test properly then go back and redo some settings. You can also log-in to a console at boot by typing "linux init 3" (without the quotes of course).
If asked to startx at reboot say yes. When you redo the settings and reboot, if you do not get a graphical login, just type startx and that will bring you to kde. I would set resolution at 1024 / 768 and color to 256 for sure to get going. Go here for more info.

You may also experience this issue due to incorrect /etc/inittab file. refer the below link for details
http://www.unixguide.net/linux/faq/09.24.shtml

Hope it helps!

[ganesh pink]

thank you all. found some incorrect entries in the inittab file. restored it and fixed the issue.