'Respawning too fast'

[Barry Skidmore]

I just installed Core 1 (yarrow) and then did an up2date.  During the
installation of the updates the power went off.  Now when the system
boots and tries to start X, I receive the dreaded message below:

`init: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.'

I have seen lots of references to this problem on Google, but am still
unsure how to proceed.  I have done a 'telinit 3' to get into run level
3.

Thanks,
Barry