Server not booting up in GUI, boot up process hangs with system accessable over ssh

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • System is booted in runlevel 5.
  • System console displays message regarding various oracle services started up.
  • All other system services are up in background.
  • System is not booted up to show GUI login on console.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Oracle scripts in system startup

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