X Server

[Matthew Halliday]

I've got 2 RedHat 6.1 servers running. One is an LH3 NetServer with Samba authenticating against 65 Windows 95 clients, and the other is a standard PII PC running the intranet. The LH3 is running beutifully. But I've somehow messed up the X-server on the intranet machine. When I switch onthe monitor it just sits there clicking and trying to get the right resolution I think. The screen remains blank. I've tried killing it off but it simply respawns. I have to do any work on it from a telnet or rlogin from the LH3. Which isn't really a problem but it's very iritating!

Any idea how I can get X back?

[Kristof Van Damme · Accepted solution]

The reason why X respawns is probably because you are in runlevel 5. To fix the problem, this is a procedure that might work for you.

1. Switch to runlevel 3 by using the "telinit 3" command. Mind you: depending on your config this might stop/start some processes. This should stop X from respawning.
2. Walk to the console, login as root and run Xconfigurator to configure the X properly. Test it by running "startx" on the console.
3. If the previous step succeeds, switch back to runlevel 5 by running "telinit 5".

[Albert E. Whale, CISSP]

Matthew,

Try the follwoing:

Edit the /etc/inittab file and then find the entry which says initdefault. Change the number (whatever it is) to a three.

Execute telinit 3 or reboot.

When the server comes back, it will not enter the Graphical Environment.

Since it is difficult to determine exactly what happened to the configuration, attempt to reconfigure the Server by executing the RedHat X Server configuration Tool, called Xconfigurator.

Let me know if I can assist further.

[Albert E. Whale, CISSP]

Matthew,

Try the follwoing:

Edit the /etc/inittab file and then find the entry which says initdefault. Change the number (whatever it is) to a three.

Execute telinit 3 or reboot.

When the server comes back, it will not enter the Graphical Environment.

Since it is difficult to determine exactly what happened to the configuration, attempt to reconfigure the Server by executing the RedHat X Server configuration Tool, called Xconfigurator.

Let me know if I can assist further.

[Albert E. Whale, CISSP]

Did any of this work?