[UCLA-LUG] X is hanging

[Luis]

Howard Kim wrote:

>    Hey all,
>
>    My X seems to be hanging up for some reason.
>
> I installed a new mouse, so I had to shutdown my machine, plugged in
> the mouse and rebooted.  As far as the mouse goes, everything seemed
> to go fine.  I re-ran mouseconfig and everything.  But now, when I
> run 'startx', I get the grey screen and the little X, but nothing
> more.
>
>    I am running RH6.2 (helix).  Any help would be appreciated.
>
>    Thanks,
>    Howard
>
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You get the grey screen when you are having trouble with your video
card. try to configure your box to the way it was, and see if it could
be your mouse trouble or your video card.

Luis