Direct login problem

[bunty82]

hi

i configured my inittab file
in which
i put the
id 4
by which
you directly log onto the xwindow
but now
i am unable to login
when i boot
the system refuse to show the x login window
instead
after booting
it stays in the shell form
and the cursor blinks
thats it
nothing much
i had to then press ctrl+alt+del
to reboot
help

[devils casper]

Hi !

Which Linux Distro do you have?

[bunty82]

i am using slackware 12

[devils casper]

Boot up in single user mode and execute this

lspci | grep VGA
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver

Post output here.

[daark.child]

Instead of rebooting, try the following

1. CTRL-ALT-F1
2. Login to the terminal as root
3. enter the command "init 3" (without quotes)
4. exit as root and login as a normal user
5. Enter the command "startx" (without quotes) and post back any error messages.

[bunty82]

faced a new problem
i was able to login
what i did
i edited my fstab file
now when i login next time
my system
while rebooting
stopps
at
ntfs mounting
and the cursor blinks
nothing happens
whats this

[daark.child]

You could have made an error in your /etc/fstab. Try restoring it to its previous state and see if the system will boot up without any problems. You may have to use a live cd (a small one like gparted or partedmagic should be fine) to mount the slackware root partition and edit /etc/fstab.