On Mandrake.. after it goes thru the startup stuff.. you are temporarily presented w/ a screen that has the Pengy on it.. It then was supposed to forward you on to the KDE logon screen.. instead I got that error.. I did a net search and tried a few things (none of which worked) and finally I saw where some guy had the same problem and his disk turned out to be full .. My disk was almost full as well.. I cleaned some things out and it works now.. Thanks anyway - PJ > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Lutgens [SMTP:blutgens at sistina.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 11:38 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Startup Error > > On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 09:20:39AM -0700, Phillip.J.Crump at WellsFargo.COM > wrote: > >Running Mandrake 7.1 > > > >When the system boots up it gets to the screen with the Penguin and then > > What exactly is the "Screen with the penguin" > > >gives me a message > >"INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > Sounds to me like X won't start. Since it's spawned from inittab it keeps > trying. > > Double check to make sure your XF86Config file is correct. Most times X > won't start due to a mouse not working. Set your default runlevel to 4 by > editing /etc/inittab, try to boot and then login as root and attempt to > run > "startx" use this method to debug your X configuration, then change your > default runlevel back to 5 and try again. > > HTH > > -- > Ben Lutgens > Sistina Software Inc. > > What's the difference between root and God ? > God doesn't think that he is root.