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> I'm using Redhat6.0. I recently shutdown linux using ctrl-alt-del
 and it
> caused a problem: After the X started up automatically (I
 configured it to
> do so), it hanged at grey screen and only mouse is functional. I
 got kind
> help here and took the suggestion to use ctrl-alt-F1 to go to
 console, after
> which I used Xconfigurator to prevent X start automatically. Then
 after I
> log in through console and try startx, X started without any glitch
 (even
> though my desktop now has a lot of icons that I don't remember I
 had
> before)! However, I can never let X start automatically (it will
 hang there
> without letting me log in), I can only log in through console and
 start X
> later.  Why is that? Is there some loadup script not working, then
 which one
> could it be?

> >I'm using Redhat6.0. I recently shutdown linux using ctrl-alt-del
 and it
> >caused a problem: After the X started up automatically (I
 configured it to
> >do so), it hanged at grey screen and only mouse is functional. I
 got kind
> >help here and took the suggestion to use ctrl-alt-F1 to go to
 console, after
> >which I used Xconfigurator to prevent X start automatically. Then
 after I
> >log in through console and try startx, X started without any
 glitch (even
> >though my desktop now has a lot of icons that I don't remember I
 had
> >before)! However, I can never let X start automatically (it will
 hang there
> >without letting me log in), I can only log in through console and
 start X
> >later.  Why is that? Is there some loadup script not working, then
 which one
> >could it be?
> Check your /etc/inittab file. You will need to change
> the default runlevel from 5 to 3.

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> > I'm using Redhat6.0. I recently shutdown linux using ctrl-alt-del
 and it
> > caused a problem: After the X started up automatically (I
 configured it to
> > do so), it hanged at grey screen and only mouse is functional. I
 got kind
> > help here and took the suggestion to use ctrl-alt-F1 to go to
 console, after
> > which I used Xconfigurator to prevent X start automatically. Then
 after I
> > log in through console and try startx, X started without any
 glitch (even
> > though my desktop now has a lot of icons that I don't remember I
 had
> > before)! However, I can never let X start automatically (it will
 hang there
> > without letting me log in), I can only log in through console and
 start X
> > later.  Why is that? Is there some loadup script not working,
 then which one
> > could it be?

> gdm or xdm is run from /etc/inittab for runlevel 5 (which is what
 you
> mean by "X started up automatically")

> Did you, by chance, upgrade X11 recently?  Is gdm still installed?
 Do
> you get any errors verifying X11?

> rpm --verify XFree86
> rpm --verify gdm

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