Can not startup X window after some services are stopped.

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Can not startup X window after some services are stopped with the following error in var/log/messages.
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init: prefdm main process (1869) terminated with status 1
init: prefdm main process ended, respawning

(same error has happened repeatly)

init: prefdm main process (2030) terminated with status 1
init: prefdm respawning too fast, stopped
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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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