[plug] X wont start

[Michael Hunt]

> Hi All,
>
> I did a terrible thing the other day. I shut down linux and booted back
> to windows. I have been taught a lesson now as I can't run X up any more
> without re-running Xconfigurator.
>
> I had my box booting to runlevel 5 but after rebooting out of windows,
> the screen switched into graphics mode and wouldn't do any more.

So was it locking up or something ? I've never had a problem rebooting into
windows and then back into Linux with my RedHat install (running 6.0 like
yourself).

> I'm running RH6 and at the time was using the std XFree86 rpms from the
> install CD. I let the box sit for about 30mins and then was finally able
> to get into a console and edit inittab for future boots. I can get X to
> run if I re-run Xconfigurator and set all settings as they used to be, x
> will go. If I don't, I get a message saying that it can't load default
> font 'fixed'. I have pulled down the update rpms and installed them,
> with the same result.
>
> Has anyone seen this before or have any plans of attack?
>
> Cheers,
> Damion.

Maybe a bit more info would help. What stopped you from editing innittab for
30 mins ?