respawning too fast

[Vu Pham]

On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 11:06 +0200, Machiel Richards wrote:
> HI Everyone
> 
>  
> 
>             I need some advice on an issue that I have. As far as I
> can see on the net this is a well known issue but I can?t seem to find
> my answers.
> 
>             
> 
>             I have installed an HP ML150 server with SLES 9.3 64 bit
> and also downloaded all the necessary drivers from HP?s website and
> installed accordingly.
> 
>             However after rebooting the server I started getting the
> following messge:
> 
>             INIT: ID ?X? (x = 1-6) respawning too fast: disabled for 5
> minutes.
> 
>  
> 
>             On the net the forums suggest that I edit my xfree86config
> file and check /etc/inittab in order to fix the problem as it may be
> caused by an incorrect driver (most cases the display driver).
> 
>  
> 
>             However this error is in a loop and the server does not
> even give me a command line login option in order to log in and look
> at the files.
> 

Have you tried Ctrl-Alt F1 ( or F2,3 ..) to have the login-prompt
screen ?

Vu