Why am I getting "init: Id 'x' respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes" on boot?
Issue
- After reboot, system won't bring up a graphical screen, getting the following error:
init: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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