I log in at runlevel 3 and execute startx to get into Gnome. startx tries to do its thing and then crashes with error messages such as: _IceTransSocketUNIXCreateListener:...SocketCreateListener() failed _IceTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running ** WARNING **: Cannot establish any listening sockets Waiting for X server to shut down (II) NEOMAGIC(0): not programming shadow registers There is a file .xsession-errors from a couple of days ago (even though X is still crashing), with contents: SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost.localdomain:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1086 aumix: error opening mixer Xlib: extension "XINERAMA" missing on display ":0.0". subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropriate ioctl for device ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 1150, errno = 0 ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 1146, errno = 0 Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x1c00027 unexpectedly destroyed Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x1c00026 unexpectedly destroyed Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x1c00025 unexpectedly destroyed [etc...] Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). Gdk-ERROR **: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) serial 6213 error_code 3 request_code 20 minor_code 0 Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). It now takes me up to half a dozen attempts before startx works. Are there any clues in any of the information I've posted? I'm running RH 7.2 on an old Dell Latitude CsX laptop. I know that sometimes incorrect network configurations can cause problems with startx; it happened on another PC and I was able to fix the problem there. I have no network eth0 set up on this laptop and, just to be extra sure, I've deleted the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, but there doesn't seem to be any difference. -- Ignorantly, Allan Adler <ara@zurich.csail.mit.edu> * Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and * comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.