Re: [newbie] X won't Start Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mike & Tracy Holt]

I haven't had much luck either with 4.0, if you did an rpm install, you can just go back, uninstall and reinstall 3.3.6 from the disk.  (At least that would save an entire system reinstallation.)   Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]   p.s. sorry I can't tell you how to fix the problem :-o ----- Original Message ----- From: magick To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] X won't Start Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES i have tried startx obviously if i can sy that it gives me the error explicit use of the kill command or sever shutdown i have trie dto startx using the startx command ----- Original Message ----- From: _-+Richard Kim=-_ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] X won't Start Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! magick wrote: i recentley downloaded and installed XFree86 4.0 and now x won't start i keep getting explicit use of the kill command or server shutdown how can i get x running again i really don't want to have to do a reinstall of mandrake if someone could help i would appreciate it have you tried "xstart" or "startx" ? w/o quotes? that should start it once more. try again and reply once more.