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 >