X won't start in fedora 16

[Peter Lesterhuis]

> When I boot all seems to go well at first. But after the log-in
> screen a message pops up: "Oh no! Something has gone wrong" etc. I
> am advised to log out and back in again, but the problem occurs
> every time. The weird thing is that when I hit the windows-key the
> ususal X-screensaver appears. But when I try to launch an
> application I get an black screen with the error message again.
> When I boot in rescue mode and try to start X it fails.
> Jatin K wrote:
>> sometime ago it happed to me also ... on FC 14 ,  I just removed the
>> file xorg.conf .... and restarted the system in single user mode and
>> run Xorg --configure
> Peter: did the error message look like
> http://estrip.org/content/users/tinypliny/1111/IMG_20111117_083221.jpg
>
> If so, it's a Gnome error message, not X, and the chances are that X
> itself is fine.
>
> Try creating a brand new user and logging in under that ID.
>
> Are you fully up-to-date?
Yes that is the message get.
So it is a gnome//error.
I tried your suggestion but after logging in under the new user I get 
the same  error.
I also looked for a file xorg.conf in /etc/X11, but there is no file 
called like that.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Peter
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