Make sure /tmp is not full or the partition it's located in.

I've changed permissions in /var before that prevented X from starting.

You can use this to try starting X and to capture the problem to a log:

	X > /tmp/x.out 2>&1





Terry Houle wrote:

 > I lost my GUI on my laptop running RH 7.2..  It comes up to a login 
prompt in text and appears I can do
 > some things.  I searched for some commands but could find nothing 
that worked.  I tried startx but anyone
 > got any other ideas?
 >
 >
 > Terry Houle
 >