Thank you for your reply Brain oops i have corrupted the entire system i think . but one thing i dont understand is y this has happened all of a sudden i choose to reinstall the cent os again.. i heard that cent os is the stable version with less number of crashes..:( Chaitanya On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Brunner, Brian T. <BBrunner at gai-tronics.com > wrote: > Suggest: > Boot with an install CD/DVD in rescue mode. > Mount your file system (this should happen automagically) > edit /mnt/sysimage/etc/inittab > Set your default runlevel to 3 (currently it is set to 5) > quit the rescue, and reboot your hard drive. > > Now you will have the shell available to debug what goes wrong when you > command 'startx' > > ------------------------------ > *From:* centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] *On > Behalf Of *Chaitanya Yanamadala > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 12, 2010 10:21 AM > *To:* CentOS mailing list > *Subject:* [CentOS] your session only lasted less than 10 seconds error > > hai i have run the halt command from the xshell and the machine got > restarted, now when i restart the machine, i am getting this error . I have > tried to press the CTRL+ALT+F2 and tried to login with the root user but > that one is also not working. > can any one help me with this.. > this the error message i am getting after i tried to login > > " your session only lasted less than 10 seconds ...try logging in with one > of the failsafe sessions to see if you can fix the problem" > and it published details > (.xsession-errors file) > /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with utmp > /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/sessreg -a -u /var/run/utmp > -x "/var/gdm/ :0.Xservers" -h " " -l ":0" "chaitu" > session_child_run: Could not exec /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession default > > Regards > Chaitanya > > ******************************************************************* > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom > they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please > notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this > email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses.www.Hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated** > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100512/bcff6ae4/attachment-0005.html>