RH 6.2 - X Problems

[james ledoux]

Hi,

I've only been running linux for a couple months now, but as of this
morning when I try to boot to linux, X doesn't start correctly (the screen
goes blank).

I have a dual boot of RH 6.2 / win98, and win98 works like normal so I
ruled out hardware/connection problems.  When I start red hat, it goes
through the normal boot procedure, giving everything OK's and [displaying
everything on screen like normal].  Then it when the GUI login screen
should pop up, i just get a black screen that kinda refreshes every couple
seconds or so.  Ctrl-[1-8] or Alt-[1-8] or Ctrl-Alt-[1-8], don't bring up
a text window like they should.  If I press them though and then press
Ctrl-Alt-Del, redhat begins its reboot procedure and lists everything as
being okay except Shutting Down X Font Server, which it lists as failed.
I tried looking through the support at redhat.com for 6.2 but the only
thing I saw similar was to press Ctrl-alt-Backspace and that didn't do
anything.  I've tried going into interactive mode and not starting the X
Font Server, but the same problem occurred.

Any suggestions to fix this or good places to look for info?  (Having to
rely on windows is really starting to get annoying.)
-james [yes i'm mike ledoux's little brother]

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james ledoux                        senior undergraduate physics major
email address: jledoux at cisunix.unh.edu  <=  james.ledoux at unh.edu
phone number: (603) 742-3659 [Basement of 35 Lexington St, Dover NH]
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