On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:02:16 -0500,
"Justin R. Smith" <jsmith@mcs.drexel.edu> wrote:
> 
> I get this problem starting up X windows. It is an intermittant problem
> (very strange!) -- sometimes I have to issue the 'xinit' command 3 times
> before it comes up.
> 
> I have a P475 with a 68040 chip and 20meg of RAM.

On a 68040?  Now, that IS strange.

> The randomness of the problem makes it sound like a race condition to me...

Well, yes, it does, but I have no idea *who*'s racing with X server...

Ken