Error "The display server has been shutdown 6 times in last 90 seconds" shown at boot to runlevel 5
Issue
- Runlevel 5 will not fully load
- Will attempt to load 6 times then drop to a limited shell
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- VMWare
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