F19 : getting to GUI (or anywhere)

[Beartooth]

	I have F19 on a T30 Thinkpad, installed by fedup from F18 (which 
ran fine), and running xfce4 with some software from Gnome and KDE (such 
as gnome-terminal) also installed.

	The display has elephantiasis, as if it were on a screen big 
enough to cover the room wall. It is a deep reddish brown (on black), and 
hard to see despite the absurd magnification.

	It's also way slow, at least when I use its own keyboard and 
mouse. I have my desktop PC connected to it over ssh -Y; it seems to 
respond at a normal rate here. (But, despite the -Y, I can't get to any 
display other than a terminal, on the PC any more than on the laptop. Or, 
maybe, I just don't know how.)

. Maybe the following, from the PC, will tell someone something : 

[root at T30 ~]# startx
xauth:  file /root/.serverauth.7562 does not exist


X.Org X Server 1.14.3
Release Date: 2013-09-12
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System:  3.10.9-200.fc19.x86_64 
Current Operating System: Linux T30.localdomain 3.11.1-200.fc19.i686.PAE 
#1 SMP Sat Sep 14 15:20:42 UTC 2013 i686
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-0-
rescue-1d7352e603b24d77a5b516b0204a434a root=/dev/mapper/vg_t30-lv_root ro 
rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 KEYTABLE=us SYSFONT=True rd.lvm.lv=vg_t30/lv_swap 
rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd.lvm.lv=vg_t30/lv_root rhgb quiet
Build Date: 16 September 2013  12:43:28AM
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.14.3-1.fc19 
Current version of pixman: 0.30.0
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Sun Oct 13 13:32:18 2013
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
setversion 1.4 failed
Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
Initializing built-in extension XTEST
Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
Initializing built-in extension SYNC
Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
Initializing built-in extension RENDER
Initializing built-in extension RANDR
Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
Initializing built-in extension RECORD
Initializing built-in extension DPMS
Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
Initializing built-in extension XVideo
Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
Initializing built-in extension SELinux
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
Initializing built-in extension DRI2
Loading extension GLX
(EE) 
Fatal server error:
(EE) xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed: No such device or address
(EE) 
(EE) 
Please consult the Fedora Project support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.1.log" for 
additional information.
(EE) 
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
^Cxinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: unexpected signal 2
[root at T30 ~]# 

	I would like at least to establish whether the trouble is in F19, 
in me, or in my hardware.
-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User
Remember I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.