On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, molossermom wrote:

> i just installed linux (rh 7.3) on a second machine , i was getting a cmos checksum error, i put in a new battery, still get it. restored the defaults and get past it to the beginning redhat linux screen, then when the 
> local host login screen comes on; it flashes really fast, too fast to let you log in .
> if i do a cntrl-alt-del it says 
> "init: id "x" respawning too fast"
> 
> should i just re-install the whole thing?
> thanks,

nah, that message just means that X isnt set up correctly.  at the boot 
prompt, type 'linux init 3'.  this will get you to a text-based login.  
login as your regular user, then type 'startx'.  theoretically, X will 
start, then crash.  Then you can look through the /var/log/XFree86.0.log 
(or whatever it is) and find out what the problem is.

David


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