Black Screen After YUM Update Revisited:

[Mark Sargent]

Hi All,

I previously posted about a problem with a black screen with Fedora 2 
after updating via yum. Unfortunately, on Knoppix, where I've been 
coming to you from, I've lost access to my mail app, hence starting a 
new thread. Following on from the posts by some that it may be related 
to my graphic card drivers, nVidia, I installed another card that I had 
here @ home, ATI Radeon 7500, but, I still get the same, a black screen 
and where it continually changes back and forth to a text based login, 
which disappears to quickly for me to actually login. I also went and 
did a yum update through the recovery cd process, but no luck there, 
either. Someone mentioned posting some ouput from certain files, but, as 
I can't access the previous mail, can't know what it was. Paul Howarth, 
I'n confident you were one who asked for such things. Would you be so 
kind as to tell me again what it was.? Cheers, and again, sorry for what 
may seem as a double posting of the same problem.

Mark Sargent.

[Paul Howarth]

On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 14:59 -0500, Mark Sargent wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I previously posted about a problem with a black screen with Fedora 2 
> after updating via yum. Unfortunately, on Knoppix, where I've been 
> coming to you from, I've lost access to my mail app, hence starting a 
> new thread. Following on from the posts by some that it may be related 
> to my graphic card drivers, nVidia, I installed another card that I had 
> here @ home, ATI Radeon 7500, but, I still get the same, a black screen 
> and where it continually changes back and forth to a text based login, 
> which disappears to quickly for me to actually login. I also went and 
> did a yum update through the recovery cd process, but no luck there, 
> either. Someone mentioned posting some ouput from certain files, but, as 
> I can't access the previous mail, can't know what it was. Paul Howarth, 
> I'n confident you were one who asked for such things. Would you be so 
> kind as to tell me again what it was.? Cheers, and again, sorry for what 
> may seem as a double posting of the same problem.

Now that you've got a new card, you'll need to reconfigure X; did you do
that? If not, boot to runlevel 3, log in as root and run:

# system-config-display --reconfig

Then, try starting X manually:

# startx >X.out 2>X.err

If it works, great; reboot and everything should be fine.
If not, there should be some useful diagnostics in either the X.out
and/or X.err files, which you can look at after rebooting again in
runlevel 3.

Paul.

[Mark Sargent]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 14:59 -0500, Mark Sargent wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I previously posted about a problem with a black screen with Fedora 2 
> > after updating via yum. Unfortunately, on Knoppix, where I've been 
> > coming to you from, I've lost access to my mail app, hence starting a 
> > new thread. Following on from the posts by some that it may be related 
> > to my graphic card drivers, nVidia, I installed another card that I had 
> > here @ home, ATI Radeon 7500, but, I still get the same, a black screen 
> > and where it continually changes back and forth to a text based login, 
> > which disappears to quickly for me to actually login. I also went and 
> > did a yum update through the recovery cd process, but no luck there, 
> > either. Someone mentioned posting some ouput from certain files, but, as 
> > I can't access the previous mail, can't know what it was. Paul Howarth, 
> > I'n confident you were one who asked for such things. Would you be so 
> > kind as to tell me again what it was.? Cheers, and again, sorry for what 
> > may seem as a double posting of the same problem.
>
> Now that you've got a new card, you'll need to reconfigure X; did you do
> that? If not, boot to runlevel 3, log in as root and run:
>
> # system-config-display --reconfig
>
> Then, try starting X manually:
>
> # startx >X.out 2>X.err
>
> If it works, great; reboot and everything should be fine.
> If not, there should be some useful diagnostics in either the X.out
> and/or X.err files, which you can look at after rebooting again in
> runlevel 3.
>
> Paul.

Hi All,

actually Paul, I went back to the old card, installed latest drivers, 
whilst following the README.txt from nVidia and now I get a large nVidia 
spalsh screen in place of the black screen...every other part of the 
original problem still exists. Bekow are the log/conf files. Cheers.

Mark Sargent.

Release Date: 18 December 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-25.ELsmp i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux Desktop1 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 #1 Thu Feb 10 
17:13:14 EST 2005 i686
Build Date: 02 December 2004
Build Host: porky.build.redhat.com

Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
   to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 
([e-mail]) (gcc version 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat 
Linux 3.3.3-7)) #1 Thu Feb 10 17:13:14 EST 2005 P
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.0.log", Time: Sun Feb 27 21:36:06 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Videocard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "jp106"
(**) XKB: model: "jp106"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "jp"
(**) XKB: layout: "jp"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
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   X.Org Video Driver: 0.7
   X.Org XInput driver : 0.4
   X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
   X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
   compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
   ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0305 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,00,00 
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,8305 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 
hdr 01
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hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1106,0571 rev 10 class 01,01,8a 
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 10 class 0c,03,00 
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 10 class 0c,03,00 
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:4: chip 1106,3057 card 0000,0000 rev 30 class 06,00,00 
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 10ec,8169 card 1154,032b rev 10 class 02,00,00 
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 10ec,8139 card 1259,c10f rev 10 class 02,00,00 
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 13f6,0111 card 13f6,0111 rev 10 class 04,01,00 
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0110 card 0000,0000 rev a1 class 03,00,00 
hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
   [0] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
   [0] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
   [0] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
   [0] -1    0    0xdc000000 - 0xddffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
   [0] -1    0    0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:4), (-1,-1,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
   [0] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
   [0] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
   [0] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] rev 161, 
Mem @ 0xdc000000/24, 0xd0000000/27
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
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   [1] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
   [0] -1    0    0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
   [1] -1    0    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
   [2] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
   [3] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
   [4] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
   [5] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
   [6] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd8000000 from 0xdbffffff to 
0xd7ffffff
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   [1] -1    0    0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
   [2] -1    0    0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
   [3] -1    0    0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
   [4] -1    0    0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
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   [10] -1    0    0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
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   [2] -1    0    0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
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   [4] -1    0    0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
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   [6] -1    0    0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
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   [8] -1    0    0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
   [9] -1    0    0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
   [10] -1    0    0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
   [0] -1    0    0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
   [1] -1    0    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
   [2] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
   [3] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
   [4] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
   [5] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
   [6] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
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(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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   ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
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(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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   Module class: X.Org Server Extension
   ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
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(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
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(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
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(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
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(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
   compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.6629
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   ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
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(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
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(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
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(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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   ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
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(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
   compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.6629
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(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
   compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
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(II) NVIDIA X Driver  1.0-6629  Wed Nov  3 13:14:07 PST 2004
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
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   [6] -1    0    0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
   [7] -1    0    0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
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   [14] -1    0    0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
   [15] -1    0    0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
   [16] -1    0    0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
   [17] -1    0    0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
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   [1] -1    0    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
   [2] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
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   [11] 0    0    0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
   [12] 0    0    0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
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   [15] -1    0    0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
   [16] -1    0    0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
   [17] -1    0    0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
   [18] -1    0    0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
   [19] -1    0    0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
   [20] -1    0    0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
   [21] 0    0    0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
   [22] 0    0    0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 565
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDC000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce2 MX/MX 400
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 03.11.00.07.00
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are not supported on this GPU
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 2X
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 32768 kBytes
(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): CRT-0
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at  8 bpp: 350 
MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 350 
MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 300 
MHz
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
   compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
   ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 30.00-70.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-150.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range:  12.00 to 350.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (width too large for 
virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (width too large for 
virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (width too large for 
virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (width too large for 
virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (width too large for 
virtual size)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "700x525" (height 1050 is larger than
(WW) NVIDIA(0):      EDID-specified maximum 1024)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "576x384":
(WW) NVIDIA(0):   horizontal sync start (589) not a multiple of 8
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "360x200":
(WW) NVIDIA(0):   horizontal sync start (378) not a multiple of 8
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device CRT-0:
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 56.3 MHz, 53.7 kHz, 85.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 36.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "1024x768": 94.5 MHz, 68.7 kHz, 85.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "1024x768": 78.8 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "1024x768": 75.0 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "832x624": 57.3 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.6 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 49.5 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 50.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x512": 54.0 MHz, 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x480": 54.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "720x400": 35.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x400": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "576x432": 54.0 MHz, 67.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "640x350": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "512x384": 47.2 MHz, 68.7 kHz, 85.0 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "512x384": 39.4 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "512x384": 37.5 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "512x384": 32.5 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "416x312": 28.6 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.7 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 28.1 MHz, 53.7 kHz, 85.3 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 24.8 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.1 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 25.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 20.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "400x300": 18.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.3 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 18.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.2 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x200": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.3 Hz 
(D)
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Default mode "320x175": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.3 Hz 
(D)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
(**) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (320, 240) mm
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (81, 81)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
   compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
   ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
   compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 0.1.0
   ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
   [0] 0    0    0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
   [1] 0    0    0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
   [2] -1    0    0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
   [3] -1    0    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
   [4] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
   [5] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
   [6] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
   [7] -1    0    0xdf001000 - 0xdf0010ff (0x100) MX[B]
   [8] -1    0    0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
   [9] -1    0    0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
   [10] -1    0    0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
   [11] -1    0    0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
   [12] 0    0    0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
   [13] 0    0    0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
   [14] 0    0    0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
   [15] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
   [16] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
   [17] -1    0    0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
   [18] -1    0    0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
   [19] -1    0    0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
   [20] -1    0    0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
   [21] -1    0    0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
   [22] -1    0    0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
   [23] 0    0    0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
   [24] 0    0    0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "800x600"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
(**) Mouse0: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Mouse0: Protocol: "IMPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse0: Buttons: 5
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event Handler" (type: 
Other)
(II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
    at http://wiki.X.Org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional 
information.

****xorg.conf****

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier     "Default Layout"
   Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
   InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
   InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name 
of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
   FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load  "dbe"
   Load  "extmod"
   Load  "fbdevhw"
   Load  "glx"
   Load  "record"
   Load  "freetype"
   Load  "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#    Option    "Xleds"        "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#    Option    "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#    Option    "XkbModel"    "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#    Option    "XkbModel"    "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
# or:
#    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
#    Option    "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#    Option    "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#    Option    "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
#
   Identifier  "Keyboard0"
   Driver      "keyboard"
   Option        "XkbModel" "jp106"
   Option        "XkbLayout" "jp"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Mouse0"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
   Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
   Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
   Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "Monitor0"
   VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
   ModelName    "HEI0770"
   DisplaySize  320    240
   HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
   VertRefresh  50.0 - 150.0
   Option        "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Videocard0"
   Driver      "nvidia"
   VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
   BoardName   "nVidia GForce2"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "Screen0"
   Device     "Videocard0"
   Monitor    "Monitor0"
   DefaultDepth     16
   SubSection "Display"
       Viewport   0 0
       Depth     16
       Modes    "800x600" "640x480" "1024x768"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
   Group        0
   Mode         0666
EndSection

[Hacksaw]

> Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
>
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'

This is a big problem. X doesn't like to do anything without "fixed". It pines 
for it's little bitmap buddy.

Is xfs actually running on your machine? No xfs, no fixed, no X.

And did anyone else have their xfs start up script in /etc/init.d get toasted?

[Hacksaw]

> > Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> This is a big problem. X doesn't like to do anything without "fixed". It

pines
> for it's little bitmap buddy.
>
> Is xfs actually running on your machine? No xfs, no fixed, no X.
>
> And did anyone else have their xfs start up script in /etc/init.d get toasted?

I should elaborate a little for those who might not know:

The

FontPath     "unix/:7100"

line of the xorg.conf (or an XFree86.conf) is saying "please look here and 
expect to find a font server at the other end of this socket."

xfs, as well as being the name of a filesystem donated to Linux by sgi, is the 
"X Font Server". And unfortunate name collision. Fortunate smirks, though, one 
is a device driver, and the other a daemon.

If that line is the only Fontpath line you have, you are saying "I have no 
fonts of use locally, get them all from the socket. This is not unreasonable 
idea, since it makes your font management slightly easier, and you can have 
the daemon take care of all manner of silliness for you.

But the daemon must be running, or X gets grumpy.

If your xfs server is configure and ready to go, and your init.d script hasn't 
miraculously turned into a small pile of cream cheese 0 sized file, then you 
may start the daemon by issuing the command as root:

service xfs start

It should say something like:

Starting X Font Server:                   [OK]

If it doesn't you have other problems.

[Hacksaw]

Say, does it strike anyone that I sound a little like English is my second 
language when I say things like "Fortunate smirks, though"...

Right. It's the brain wanting sleep. Good night Gracie.

And to those with X problems, I bid you ex-problems.

[Mark Sargent]

Hacksaw wrote:
> Say, does it strike anyone that I sound a little like English is my second 
> language when I say things like "Fortunate smirks, though"...
>
> Right. It's the brain wanting sleep. Good night Gracie.
>
> And to those with X problems, I bid you ex-problems.

Hi All,

thanx guys, I'll check this out tomorrow night, after returning home 
from work. You guys are awesome. Cheers.

Mark Sargent.

[Mark Sargent]

Hacksaw wrote:
> > > Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
> > >
> > > Fatal server error:
> > > could not open default font 'fixed'
> >
> > This is a big problem. X doesn't like to do anything without "fixed". It
>
> pines
> > for it's little bitmap buddy.
> >
> > Is xfs actually running on your machine? No xfs, no fixed, no X.
> >
> > And did anyone else have their xfs start up script in /etc/init.d get toasted?
>
> I should elaborate a little for those who might not know:
>
> The
>
> FontPath     "unix/:7100"
>
> line of the xorg.conf (or an XFree86.conf) is saying "please look here and 
> expect to find a font server at the other end of this socket."
>
> xfs, as well as being the name of a filesystem donated to Linux by sgi, is the 
> "X Font Server". And unfortunate name collision. Fortunate smirks, though, one 
> is a device driver, and the other a daemon.
>
> If that line is the only Fontpath line you have, you are saying "I have no 
> fonts of use locally, get them all from the socket. This is not unreasonable 
> idea, since it makes your font management slightly easier, and you can have 
> the daemon take care of all manner of silliness for you.
>
> But the daemon must be running, or X gets grumpy.
>
> If your xfs server is configure and ready to go, and your init.d script hasn't 
> miraculously turned into a small pile of cream cheese 0 sized file, then you 
> may start the daemon by issuing the command as root:
>
> service xfs start
>
> It should say something like:
>
> Starting X Font Server:                   [OK]
>
> If it doesn't you have other problems.

Hi All,

ok, but, I'm not getting a chance to sign in, at all, unless I've set 
telinit 3 at the end of the kernel argument. BTW, shouldn't xfs be 
starting by default at boot up.? Appreciate you giving me the info to 
steer me further ahead, just, well, I'm still kinda outa my depth, I 
guess. Sorry for being a pain, guys. Cheers.

Mark Sargent.

[Paul Howarth]

On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 23:50 -0500, Mark Sargent wrote:
> ok, but, I'm not getting a chance to sign in, at all, unless I've set 
> telinit 3 at the end of the kernel argument. BTW, shouldn't xfs be 
> starting by default at boot up.? Appreciate you giving me the info to 
> steer me further ahead, just, well, I'm still kinda outa my depth, I 
> guess. Sorry for being a pain, guys. Cheers.

Is xfs running?

$ ps uax | grep xfs

If not, start it manually:

# service xfs start
# ps uax | grep xfs

If it's still not running, you need to find out why

Check if xfs is set to start up at boot time

# chkconfig xfs --list

(the numbers refer to runlevels - it should be on for runlevels 2 to 5)

If not, make it so:

# chkconfig xfs on
# chkconfig xfs --list

If it's running, you should be able to start X.

Paul.

[Hacksaw]

> Is xfs running?
>
> $ ps uax | grep xfs

Mark: Get into runlevel three with telinit like you know, use the things that 
Paul said to check out the condition of the xfs, and then to test whether X 
will start without extra hassle:

# startx

You won't get the spiffy graphical login screen, it'll just go straight in 
because, hey, you are already logged in.

If it works then, it'll work in runlevel 5, unless there is some problem with 
whatever display manager you are running. But we'll leave that for later.

[Mark Sargent]

Hacksaw wrote:
> > Is xfs running?
> >
> > $ ps uax | grep xfs
>
> Mark: Get into runlevel three with telinit like you know, use the things that 
> Paul said to check out the condition of the xfs, and then to test whether X 
> will start without extra hassle:
>
> # startx
>
> You won't get the spiffy graphical login screen, it'll just go straight in 
> because, hey, you are already logged in.
>
> If it works then, it'll work in runlevel 5, unless there is some problem with 
> whatever display manager you are running. But we'll leave that for later.

Hi All,

well guys, xfs was started, and then when starting X Server from in 
level 3, I got the same errors, and the nVidia splash screen appeared 
where the X Server should, I guess. Anything else to try..? Cheers.

Mark Sargent.

[Paul Howarth]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> well guys, xfs was started, and then when starting X Server from in 
> level 3, I got the same errors, and the nVidia splash screen appeared 
> where the X Server should, I guess. Anything else to try..? Cheers.

What's the output of the following commands:

$ /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --list
$ rpm -q fonts-xorg-base

On my machine, the "fixed" font is defined in 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias to be an alias of 
"-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1". Do 
you have an entry for "fixed" in 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias? Is 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc listed as one of the directories in the 
output of "chkfontpath --list"?

Paul.

[Mark Sargent]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Mark Sargent wrote:
> > well guys, xfs was started, and then when starting X Server from in 
> > level 3, I got the same errors, and the nVidia splash screen appeared 
> > where the X Server should, I guess. Anything else to try..? Cheers.
>
> What's the output of the following commands:
>
> $ /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --list
> $ rpm -q fonts-xorg-base
>
> On my machine, the "fixed" font is defined in 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias to be an alias of 
> "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1". Do 
> you have an entry for "fixed" in 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias? Is 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc listed as one of the directories in the 
> output of "chkfontpath --list"?
>
> Paul.

Hi All,

fixed  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1

Will check the output of the commands you've listed now. Cheers.

Mark Sargent.

[Paul Howarth]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> > Mark Sargent wrote:
> > > well guys, xfs was started, and then when starting X Server from in 
> > > level 3, I got the same errors, and the nVidia splash screen appeared 
> > > where the X Server should, I guess. Anything else to try..? Cheers.
> >
> > What's the output of the following commands:
> >
> > $ /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --list
> > $ rpm -q fonts-xorg-base
> >
> > On my machine, the "fixed" font is defined in 
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias to be an alias of 
> > "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1". Do 
> > you have an entry for "fixed" in 
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias? Is 
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc listed as one of the directories in the 
> > output of "chkfontpath --list"?
> >
> > Paul.
>
> Hi All,
>
> fixed  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
>
> Will check the output of the commands you've listed now. Cheers.

Could you also please run system-config-date and set your timezone to 
Japanese time instead of EST?

Cheers, Paul.

[Mark Sargent]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Mark Sargent wrote:
> > Paul Howarth wrote:
> > > Mark Sargent wrote:
> > > > well guys, xfs was started, and then when starting X Server from in 
> > > > level 3, I got the same errors, and the nVidia splash screen 
> > > > appeared where the X Server should, I guess. Anything else to 
> > > > try..? Cheers.
> > >
> > > What's the output of the following commands:
> > >
> > > $ /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --list
> > > $ rpm -q fonts-xorg-base
> > >
> > > On my machine, the "fixed" font is defined in 
> > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias to be an alias of 
> > > "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1". 
> > > Do you have an entry for "fixed" in 
> > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias? Is 
> > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc listed as one of the directories in 
> > > the output of "chkfontpath --list"?
> > >
> > > Paul.
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > fixed  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
> >
> > Will check the output of the commands you've listed now. Cheers.
>
> Could you also please run system-config-date and set your timezone to 
> Japanese time instead of EST?
>
> Cheers, Paul.

Hi All,

Paul, I honestly don't know why the time-zone is showing that, because, 
I can assure you, my PC time is correct, timezone and all. That's weird. 
Here is the output for the commands. Also, the rpm of fonts-xorg-base 
showed not installed, and yum said no such pkg exists when trying to 
install. Cheers.

Mark Sargent.

Current directories in font path:
1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled
4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
6: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
7:
8: /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc:unscaled
9: /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc
10: /usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType

[Paul Howarth]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> > Mark Sargent wrote:
> > > Paul Howarth wrote:
> > > > Mark Sargent wrote:
> > > > > well guys, xfs was started, and then when starting X Server from in 
> > > > > level 3, I got the same errors, and the nVidia splash screen 
> > > > > appeared where the X Server should, I guess. Anything else to 
> > > > > try..? Cheers.
> > > >
> > > > What's the output of the following commands:
> > > >
> > > > $ /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --list
> > > > $ rpm -q fonts-xorg-base
> > > >
> > > > On my machine, the "fixed" font is defined in 
> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias to be an alias of 
> > > > "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1". 
> > > > Do you have an entry for "fixed" in 
> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias? Is 
> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc listed as one of the directories in 
> > > > the output of "chkfontpath --list"?
> > > >
> > > > Paul.
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > fixed  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
> > >
> > > Will check the output of the commands you've listed now. Cheers.
> >
> > Could you also please run system-config-date and set your timezone to 
> > Japanese time instead of EST?
> >
> > Cheers, Paul.
>
> Hi All,
>
> Paul, I honestly don't know why the time-zone is showing that, because, 
> I can assure you, my PC time is correct, timezone and all. That's weird.

Very wierd, because your mozilla-mail client is convinced you're in 
-0500 rather than +0900.
> Here is the output for the commands. Also, the rpm of fonts-xorg-base 
> showed not installed, and yum said no such pkg exists when trying to 
> install. Cheers.

Ah yes, you're talking about an FC2 system, not an FC3 system. The 
equivalent package there should be: xorg-x11-base-fonts
> Current directories in font path:
> 1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
> 2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
> 3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled
> 4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
> 5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
> 6: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
> 7:
> 8: /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc:unscaled
> 9: /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc
> 10: /usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType

Try editing /etc/X11/fs/config and remove the blank entry in the font 
catalogue between /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 and 
/usr/share/fonts/ja/misc:unscaled.

Try removing the fonts.dir file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc and 
then do "service xfs restart", which should regenerate a fresh copy of it.

Paul.

[Mark Sargent]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Mark Sargent wrote:
> > Paul Howarth wrote:
> > > Mark Sargent wrote:
> > > > Paul Howarth wrote:
> > > > > Mark Sargent wrote:
> > > > > > well guys, xfs was started, and then when starting X Server from 
> > > > > > in level 3, I got the same errors, and the nVidia splash screen 
> > > > > > appeared where the X Server should, I guess. Anything else to 
> > > > > > try..? Cheers.
> > > > >
> > > > > What's the output of the following commands:
> > > > >
> > > > > $ /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --list
> > > > > $ rpm -q fonts-xorg-base
> > > > >
> > > > > On my machine, the "fixed" font is defined in 
> > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias to be an alias of 
> > > > > "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1". 
> > > > > Do you have an entry for "fixed" in 
> > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias? Is 
> > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc listed as one of the directories in 
> > > > > the output of "chkfontpath --list"?
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul.
> > > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > fixed  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
> > > >
> > > > Will check the output of the commands you've listed now. Cheers.
> > >
> > > Could you also please run system-config-date and set your timezone 
> > > to Japanese time instead of EST?
> > >
> > > Cheers, Paul.
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Paul, I honestly don't know why the time-zone is showing that, 
> > because, I can assure you, my PC time is correct, timezone and all. 
> > That's weird.
>
> Very wierd, because your mozilla-mail client is convinced you're in 
> -0500 rather than +0900.
> > Here is the output for the commands. Also, the rpm of fonts-xorg-base 
> > showed not installed, and yum said no such pkg exists when trying to 
> > install. Cheers.
>
> Ah yes, you're talking about an FC2 system, not an FC3 system. The 
> equivalent package there should be: xorg-x11-base-fonts
> > Current directories in font path:
> > 1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
> > 2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
> > 3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled
> > 4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
> > 5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
> > 6: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
> > 7:
> > 8: /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc:unscaled
> > 9: /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc
> > 10: /usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType
>
> Try editing /etc/X11/fs/config and remove the blank entry in the font 
> catalogue between /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 and 
> /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc:unscaled.
>
> Try removing the fonts.dir file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc and 
> then do "service xfs restart", which should regenerate a fresh copy of 
> it.
>
> Paul.

Hi All,

ok, Paul, will give those suggestions a shot. BTW, how is my time-zone 
now..? Think I fixed it, although, it didn't seem broken..lol..cheers.

Mark Sargent.

[Paul Howarth]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> ok, Paul, will give those suggestions a shot. BTW, how is my time-zone 
> now..? Think I fixed it, although, it didn't seem broken..lol..cheers.

Fixed :-)

Paul.

[Mark Sargent]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Mark Sargent wrote:
> > ok, Paul, will give those suggestions a shot. BTW, how is my 
> > time-zone now..? Think I fixed it, although, it didn't seem 
> > broken..lol..cheers.
>
> Fixed :-)
>
> Paul.

Hi All,

after all those things, still the same result, Paul. Not looking good at 
all. May be time for a reinstall, albeit, FC3 this time. Anything before 
I do this..? Probably won't happen till the weekend, time permitting. 
Cheers.

Mark Sargent.

[Paul Howarth]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> after all those things, still the same result, Paul. Not looking good at 
> all. May be time for a reinstall, albeit, FC3 this time. Anything before 
> I do this..? Probably won't happen till the weekend, time permitting.

Does "xlsfonts" produce a long list of fonts?

How about "xlsfonts -fn fixed"?

What does "/usr/sbin/chkfontpath --list" say now?

Paul.

[Mark Sargent]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> > Mark Sargent wrote:
> > > ok, Paul, will give those suggestions a shot. BTW, how is my 
> > > time-zone now..? Think I fixed it, although, it didn't seem 
> > > broken..lol..cheers.
> >
> > Fixed :-)
> >
> > Paul.
>
> Hi All,
>
> after all those things, still the same result, Paul. Not looking good 
> at all. May be time for a reinstall, albeit, FC3 this time. Anything 
> before I do this..? Probably won't happen till the weekend, time 
> permitting. Cheers.
>
> Mark Sargent.

Hi All,

Paul, Hacksaw, what do you make of Ian's suggestion of chmod'ing all the 
font dir/files to 644..? Cheers.

Mark Sargent.

[Paul Howarth]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> Mark Sargent wrote:
> > Paul Howarth wrote:
> > > Mark Sargent wrote:
> > > > ok, Paul, will give those suggestions a shot. BTW, how is my 
> > > > time-zone now..? Think I fixed it, although, it didn't seem 
> > > > broken..lol..cheers.
> > >
> > > Fixed :-)
> > >
> > > Paul.
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > after all those things, still the same result, Paul. Not looking good 
> > at all. May be time for a reinstall, albeit, FC3 this time. Anything 
> > before I do this..? Probably won't happen till the weekend, time 
> > permitting. Cheers.
> >
> > Mark Sargent.
>
> Hi All,
>
> Paul, Hacksaw, what do you make of Ian's suggestion of chmod'ing all the 
> font dir/files to 644..? Cheers.

Shouldn't do any harm, but I'd be surprised if that was the problem.

# chmod 644 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/*
should be enough, since that's where the problem font should be.

Paul.

[Hacksaw]

Unclear that it would do much. X and xfs are run by root, they should have 
full privs.

I'd be interested to see what xfs had to say when it started up. You might 
take a look in /var/log/boot.log and /var/log/messages for lines from xfs.

[Mark Sargent]

Hacksaw wrote:
> Unclear that it would do much. X and xfs are run by root, they should have 
> full privs.
>
> I'd be interested to see what xfs had to say when it started up. You might 
> take a look in /var/log/boot.log and /var/log/messages for lines from xfs.

Hi All,

as requested, lines from both logs, Cheers.

Mark Sargent

****From Boot.Log****

Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost syslog: klogd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost irqbalance: irqbalance startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost portmap: portmap startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost nfslock: rpc.statd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: -e
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost rpcidmapd: rpc.idmapd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost sysctl: kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Configuring kernel parameters:
succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost date: Wed Mar  2 21:41:51 JST 2005
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Setting clock  (localtime): Wed
Mar  2 21:41:51 JST 2005 succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost random: Initializing random number generator:
succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Loading default keymap succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Setting hostname Desktop1:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost rc: Starting pcmcia:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Initializing USB controller
(uhci-hcd):  succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Mounting USB filesystem:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost fsck: /: clean, 199194/768544 files,
1526884/1536207 blocks
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost netfs: Mounting other filesystems:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Checking root filesystem succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in
read-write mode:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost apmd: apmd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:58 localhost swapon: swapon: /dev/hda12: Device or resource
busy
Mar  2 21:41:58 localhost rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions:  failed
Mar  2 21:42:00 localhost fsck: /boot: clean, 46/26104 files,
18830/104388 blocks
Mar  2 21:42:00 localhost rc.sysinit: Checking filesystems succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost autofs: automount startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:00 localhost rc.sysinit: Mounting local filesystems:
succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:00 localhost rc.sysinit: Enabling local filesystem quotas:
succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:01 localhost rc.sysinit: Enabling swap space:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:16 localhost kudzu:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost kudzu: Updating /etc/fstab succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost sysctl: kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
Mar  2 21:42:31 localhost smartd: smartd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost network: Setting network parameters:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:18 localhost network: Bringing up loopback interface:
succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:19 localhost ifup:
Mar  2 21:42:19 localhost ifup: Determining IP information for eth0...
Mar  2 21:42:23 localhost ifup:  done.
Mar  2 21:42:23 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:23 localhost firestarter: Starting the Firestarter firewall:
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost firestarter:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost firestarter: ^[[60G
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost firestarter:
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost rc: Starting firestarter:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost cups: cupsd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost sshd:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:37 localhost xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost sendmail: sm-client startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost gpm: gpm startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:39 localhost IIim: htt startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:40 localhost canna:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:41 localhost crond: crond startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:44 localhost xfs: xfs startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:44 localhost anacron: anacron startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:44 localhost atd: atd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:44 localhost messagebus: messagebus startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:45 localhost mdmonitor: mdadm succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:45 localhost mdmpd: mdmpd failed

****From messages****

Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg
started.
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel: Linux version 2.6.10-1.14_FC2
([e-mail]) (gcc version 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat
Linux 3.3.3-7)) #1 Thu Feb 10 17:13:14 EST 2005
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 -
000000000009fc00 (usable)
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 -
00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 -
0000000000100000 (reserved)
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 -
000000001fff0000 (usable)
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 000000001fff0000 -
000000001fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 000000001fff3000 -
0000000020000000 (ACPI data)
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel:  BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 -
0000000100000000 (reserved)
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel: 0MB HIGHMEM available.
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost kernel: 511MB LOWMEM available.
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost syslog: klogd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Using x86 segment limits to
approximate NX protection
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost irqbalance: irqbalance startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: DMI 2.2 present.
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: ACPI: BIOS age (2000) fails cutoff
(2001), acpi=force is required to enable ACPI
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: ACPI: Disabling ACPI support
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Built 1 zonelists
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Kernel command line: ro root=LABEL=/
rhgb quiet telinit 3
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: CPU 0 irqstacks, hard=c03e0000
soft=c03df000
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: PID hash table entries: 2048 (order:
11, 32768 bytes)
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Detected 900.139 MHz processor.
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Using tsc for high-res timesource
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries:
131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536
(order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Memory: 515144k/524224k available
(2064k kernel code, 8500k reserved, 684k data, 164k init, 0k highmem)
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Checking if this processor honours the
WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost portmap: portmap startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: SELinux:  Initializing.
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: SELinux:  Starting in permissive mode
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: selinux_register_security:
Registering secondary module capability
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Capability LSM initialized as secondary
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
(order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line),
D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Intel machine check architecture
supported.
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Intel machine check reporting enabled
on CPU#0.
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping 02
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost rpc.statd[2760]: Version 1.0.6 Starting
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore...
done.
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: checking if image is initramfs...it
isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost nfslock: rpc.statd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Freeing initrd memory: 201k freed
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 16
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at
0xfb260, last bus=1
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20041105
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c)
Adam Belay
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: pnp: PnP ACPI: ACPI disable
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hub
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: PCI: Via IRQ fixup
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: PCI: Using IRQ router VIA [1106/0686]
at 0000:00:07.0
Mar  2 21:42:26 localhost kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07
(Driver version 1.16ac)
Mar  2 21:42:27 localhost kernel: audit: initializing netlink socket
(disabled)
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: -e
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost kernel: audit(1109799705.541:0): initialized
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost kernel: Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost rpcidmapd: rpc.idmapd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost kernel: VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost kernel: Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024
(order 0, 4096 bytes)
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost sysctl: kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost kernel: SELinux:  Registering netfilter hooks
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Configuring kernel parameters:
succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost kernel: Initializing Cryptographic API
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost date: Wed Mar  2 21:41:51 JST 2005
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost kernel: ksign: Installing public key data
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Setting clock  (localtime): Wed
Mar  2 21:41:51 JST 2005 succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost random: Initializing random number generator:
succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:28 localhost kernel: Loading keyring
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Loading default keymap succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: - Added public key 9641683C62714C1A
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Setting hostname Desktop1:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: - User ID: Red Hat, Inc. (Kernel
Module GPG key)
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost rc: Starting pcmcia:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Initializing USB controller
(uhci-hcd):  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core
version: 0.5
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Mounting USB filesystem:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost fsck: /: clean, 199194/768544 files,
1526884/1536207 blocks
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost netfs: Mounting other filesystems:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Checking root filesystem succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
Mar  2 21:41:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in
read-write mode:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c)
Dave Jones
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost apmd[2859]: Version 3.0.2 (APM BIOS 1.2, Linux
driver 1.16ac)
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost apmd: apmd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:41:58 localhost swapon: swapon: /dev/hda12: Device or resource
busy
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: agpgart: Detected VIA
Twister-K/KT133x/KM133 chipset
Mar  2 21:41:58 localhost rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions:  failed
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: agpgart: Maximum main memory to use
for agp memory: 439M
Mar  2 21:41:59 localhost devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xd8000000
Mar  2 21:42:00 localhost fsck: /boot: clean, 46/26104 files,
18830/104388 blocks
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
Mar  2 21:42:00 localhost rc.sysinit: Checking filesystems succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost autofs: automount startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:29 localhost kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
Mar  2 21:42:00 localhost rc.sysinit: Mounting local filesystems:
succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost kernel: Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision:
1.90 $ 76 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost kernel: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Mar  2 21:42:00 localhost rc.sysinit: Enabling local filesystem quotas:
succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost kernel: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost smartd[2907]: smartd version 5.21 Copyright
(C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen
Mar  2 21:42:01 localhost rc.sysinit: Enabling swap space:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost kernel: io scheduler noop registered
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost smartd[2907]: Home page is
http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
Mar  2 21:42:02 localhost init: Entering runlevel: 3
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost kernel: io scheduler anticipatory registered
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost smartd[2907]: Opened configuration file
/etc/smartd.conf
Mar  2 21:42:16 localhost kudzu:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost kernel: io scheduler deadline registered
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost smartd[2907]: Configuration file
/etc/smartd.conf parsed.
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost kudzu: Updating /etc/fstab succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost kernel: io scheduler cfq registered
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost smartd[2907]: Device: /dev/hda, opened
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM
disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost smartd[2907]: Device: /dev/hda, not found in
smartd database.
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost apmd[2859]: Charge: * * * (-1% unknown)
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost smartd[2907]: Device: /dev/hda, is SMART
capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
Revision: 7.00alpha2
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost smartd[2907]: Monitoring 1 ATA and 0 SCSI devices
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost sysctl: kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
Mar  2 21:42:30 localhost kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed
for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Mar  2 21:42:31 localhost smartd[2909]: smartd has fork()ed into
background mode. New PID=2909.
Mar  2 21:42:31 localhost smartd: smartd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:17 localhost network: Setting network parameters:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:31 localhost kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot
0000:00:07.1
Mar  2 21:42:18 localhost network: Bringing up loopback interface:
succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:31 localhost kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 16
Mar  2 21:42:19 localhost ifup:
Mar  2 21:42:31 localhost kernel: VP_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will
probe irqs later
Mar  2 21:42:19 localhost ifup: Determining IP information for eth0...
Mar  2 21:42:31 localhost kernel: VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686a (rev 22) IDE
UDMA66 controller on pci0000:00:07.1
Mar  2 21:42:23 localhost dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1
Mar  2 21:42:31 localhost kernel:     ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007,
BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
Mar  2 21:42:23 localhost ifup:  done.
Mar  2 21:42:32 localhost kernel:     ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f,
BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
Mar  2 21:42:23 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:23 localhost firestarter: Starting the Firestarter firewall:
Mar  2 21:42:33 localhost kernel: hda: WDC WD450AA-00BAA0, ATA DISK drive
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost firestarter:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:33 localhost kernel: elevator: using anticipatory as
default io scheduler
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost firestarter: ^[[60G
Mar  2 21:42:33 localhost kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost firestarter:
Mar  2 21:42:25 localhost rc: Starting firestarter:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:34 localhost kernel: hdc: 4424 CDRW, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: hdd: ATAPI DVDROM, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: hda: max request size: 128KiB
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: hda: 87930864 sectors (45020 MB)
w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(33)
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel:  hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8
hda9 hda10 hda11 hda12 >
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive,
2048kB Cache, DMA
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: hdd: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM drive, 128kB
Cache, DMA
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB
HID core driver
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all
mice
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on
isa0060/serio0
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: input: PS/2 Logitech Mouse on
isa0060/serio1
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: md: md driver 0.90.1 MAX_MD_DEVS=256,
MD_SB_DISKS=27
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 2
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 1024
buckets, 32Kbytes
Mar  2 21:42:35 localhost kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured
(established 32768 bind 9362)
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost kernel: Initializing IPsec netlink socket
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost cups: cupsd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 1
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost kernel: md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost kernel: md: autorun ...
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost kernel: md: ... autorun DONE.
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost sshd:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5
seconds
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with
ordered data mode.
Mar  2 21:42:36 localhost kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 164k freed
Mar  2 21:42:37 localhost xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:37 localhost kernel: SELinux:  Disabled at runtime.
Mar  2 21:42:37 localhost kernel: SELinux:  Unregistering netfilter hooks
Mar  2 21:42:37 localhost kernel: USB Universal Host Controller
Interface driver v2.2
Mar  2 21:42:37 localhost kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:00:07.2
Mar  2 21:42:37 localhost kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 0000:00:07.3
Mar  2 21:42:37 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: UHCI Host
Controller
Mar  2 21:42:37 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: irq 5, io base
0xd400
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: new USB bus
registered, assigned bus number 1
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 0000:00:07.3
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost sendmail: sm-client startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 0000:00:07.2
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.3: UHCI Host
Controller
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.3: irq 5, io base
0xd800
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.3: new USB bus
registered, assigned bus number 2
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost gpm[3156]: *** info [startup.c(95)]:
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost gpm[3156]: Started gpm successfully. Entered
daemon mode.
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device
using uhci_hcd and address 2
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB
Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x3304
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usblp
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB
Printer Device Class driver
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: EXT3 FS on hda12, internal journal
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: device-mapper: 4.3.0-ioctl
(2004-09-30) initialised: [e-mail]
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5
seconds
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: EXT3 FS on hda9, internal journal
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with
ordered data mode.
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost gpm[3156]: *** info [mice.c(1766)]:
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost gpm[3156]: imps2: Auto-detected intellimouse PS/2
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7
[PCSPP,EPP]
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: parport_pc: VIA parallel port:
io=0x378, irq=7
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 0000:00:0b.0
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 0000:00:0f.0
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe000,
00:0a:79:5f:1b:eb, IRQ 10
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 1.2 loaded
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:09.0
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: r8169: NAPI enabled
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: eth1: RTL8169 at 0xe0814000,
00:0d:0b:09:1c:bf, IRQ 11
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter
core team
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter
core team
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 0000:00:0b.0
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 0000:00:0f.0
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe000,
00:0a:79:5f:1b:eb, IRQ 10
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex,
lpa 0x45E1
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter
core team
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4095
buckets, 32760 max) - 360 bytes per conntrack
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7
[PCSPP,EPP]
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost gpm: gpm startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: parport_pc: VIA parallel port:
io=0x378, irq=7
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: lp0: console ready
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 10
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: Disabled Privacy Extensions on device
c0375960(lo)
Mar  2 21:42:38 localhost kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Mar  2 21:42:39 localhost su(pam_unix)[3165]: session opened for user
htt by (uid=0)
Mar  2 21:42:39 localhost su(pam_unix)[3165]: session closed for user htt
Mar  2 21:42:39 localhost IIim: htt startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:39 localhost xinetd[3117]: bind failed (Address already in
use (errno = 98)). service = hotwayd
Mar  2 21:42:39 localhost xinetd[3117]: Service hotwayd failed to start
and is deactivated.
Mar  2 21:42:39 localhost xinetd[3117]: bind failed (Address already in
use (errno = 98)). service = hotsmtpd
Mar  2 21:42:39 localhost xinetd[3117]: Service hotsmtpd failed to start
and is deactivated.
Mar  2 21:42:39 localhost xinetd[3117]: xinetd Version 2.3.13 started
with libwrap loadavg options compiled in.
Mar  2 21:42:39 localhost xinetd[3117]: Started working: 4 available
services
Mar  2 21:42:40 localhost htt_server[3187]: started.
Mar  2 21:42:40 localhost canna:  succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:41 localhost crond: crond startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:44 localhost xfs: cannot establish any listening sockets
Mar  2 21:42:44 localhost xfs: xfs startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:44 localhost anacron: anacron startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:44 localhost atd: atd startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:44 localhost messagebus: messagebus startup succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:45 localhost mdmonitor: mdadm succeeded
Mar  2 21:42:45 localhost mdmpd: mdmpd failed
Mar  2 21:42:51 localhost login(pam_unix)[3317]: session opened for user
root by LOGIN(uid=0)
Mar  2 21:42:51 localhost  -- root[3317]: ROOT LOGIN ON tty1

[Paul Howarth]

Mark Sargent wrote:

(clock's wrong again)
> Hacksaw wrote:
> > Unclear that it would do much. X and xfs are run by root, they should 
> > have full privs.
> >
> > I'd be interested to see what xfs had to say when it started up. You 
> > might take a look in /var/log/boot.log and /var/log/messages for lines 
> > from xfs.
>
> Hi All,
>
> as requested, lines from both logs, Cheers.
>
> Mark Sargent
>
> ****From Boot.Log****

(snip)
> ****From messages****
> Mar  2 21:42:44 localhost xfs: cannot establish any listening sockets
> Mar  2 21:42:44 localhost xfs: xfs startup succeeded

That looks suspicious.

Try booting single user and doing:

# cd /tmp; rm -rf .font* .X*

Paul.

[Hacksaw]

Maybe before you blow away these files, we should look at their permissions?

cd /tmp; ls -l .font* .X*

[Mark Sargent]

Hacksaw wrote:
> Maybe before you blow away these files, we should look at their permissions?
>
> cd /tmp; ls -l .font* .X*

Hi All,

okay, the netsat gave nothing. The permissions are as follows,

-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 51 Feb 15 01:23 .fonts.cache-1
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 2 00:26 .Xauthority
-rw------- 1 root root 1126 Aug 24 1995 .Xresources

P.S. When doing the cd /tmp; ls -l .font* .X* I tried with > filepath at 
the end, but kept getting a dir doesn't exist message...how can I do 
that so that it writes to a file, so I can open/view/copy/paste from 
within Knoppix3.7.? Cheers.

Mark Sargent.

[Paul Howarth]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> Hacksaw wrote:
> > Maybe before you blow away these files, we should look at their 
> > permissions?
> >
> > cd /tmp; ls -l .font* .X*
>
> Hi All,
>
> okay, the netsat gave nothing. The permissions are as follows,
>
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 51 Feb 15 01:23 .fonts.cache-1
> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 2 00:26 .Xauthority
> -rw------- 1 root root 1126 Aug 24 1995 .Xresources

Is this definitely the FC2 /tmp and not the knoppix /tmp?

What's the permissions on the FC2 /tmp itself?

$ ls -ld /tmp
> P.S. When doing the cd /tmp; ls -l .font* .X* I tried with > filepath at 
> the end, but kept getting a dir doesn't exist message...how can I do 
> that so that it writes to a file, so I can open/view/copy/paste from 
> within Knoppix3.7.? Cheers.

That should have worked; what was the filepath?

Paul.

[Mark Sargent]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Mark Sargent wrote:
> > Hacksaw wrote:
> > > Maybe before you blow away these files, we should look at their 
> > > permissions?
> > >
> > > cd /tmp; ls -l .font* .X*
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > okay, the netsat gave nothing. The permissions are as follows,
> >
> > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 51 Feb 15 01:23 .fonts.cache-1
> > -rw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 2 00:26 .Xauthority
> > -rw------- 1 root root 1126 Aug 24 1995 .Xresources
>
> Is this definitely the FC2 /tmp and not the knoppix /tmp?
>
> What's the permissions on the FC2 /tmp itself?
>
> $ ls -ld /tmp
> > P.S. When doing the cd /tmp; ls -l .font* .X* I tried with > filepath 
> > at the end, but kept getting a dir doesn't exist message...how can I 
> > do that so that it writes to a file, so I can open/view/copy/paste 
> > from within Knoppix3.7.? Cheers.
>
> That should have worked; what was the filepath?
>
> Paul.

Hi All,

sorry, forgot to touch/create the file before writing to it..lol...yes, 
definitely the FC2 /tmp permissions..why..? something not right..? 
hacksaw, what were you looking for with the netstat..? Shall I go ahead 
and blow away those files now, guys..? Cheers.

Mark Sargent.

[Hacksaw]

> sorry, forgot to touch/create the file before writing to it

You should never have to do this. The > should create the file if it doesn't 
exist.

This is what one expects for tmp permissions and ownership:

drwxrwxrwt  20 root root 32768 Mar  2 08:44 tmp

If it doesn't look like this, run

chmod 1777 /tmp

The 1 at the beginning corresponds to the 't' at the end. This is the "sticky" 
bit. On a directory it tells the system to allow anyone to create files here, 
but don't allow people to modify files they don't own.

[Mark Sargent]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> > Mark Sargent wrote:
> > > Hacksaw wrote:
> > > > Maybe before you blow away these files, we should look at their 
> > > > permissions?
> > > >
> > > > cd /tmp; ls -l .font* .X*
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > okay, the netsat gave nothing. The permissions are as follows,
> > >
> > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 51 Feb 15 01:23 .fonts.cache-1
> > > -rw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 2 00:26 .Xauthority
> > > -rw------- 1 root root 1126 Aug 24 1995 .Xresources
> >
> > Is this definitely the FC2 /tmp and not the knoppix /tmp?
> >
> > What's the permissions on the FC2 /tmp itself?
> >
> > $ ls -ld /tmp
> > > P.S. When doing the cd /tmp; ls -l .font* .X* I tried with > 
> > > filepath at the end, but kept getting a dir doesn't exist 
> > > message...how can I do that so that it writes to a file, so I can 
> > > open/view/copy/paste from within Knoppix3.7.? Cheers.
> >
> > That should have worked; what was the filepath?
> >
> > Paul.
>
> Hi All,
>
> sorry, forgot to touch/create the file before writing to 
> it..lol...yes, definitely the FC2 /tmp permissions..why..? something 
> not right..? hacksaw, what were you looking for with the netstat..? 
> Shall I go ahead and blow away those files now, guys..? Cheers.
>
> Mark Sargent.

Hi All,

guys, exhausted...off to bed..will do some more tomorrow..once again, 
thanx for your help..cheers.

P.S. Paul, how's the time-zone...hehe..

Mark Sargent.

[Ian Miller]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 11:50:23PM -0500, Mark Sargent wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> ok, but, I'm not getting a chance to sign in, at all, unless I've set 
> telinit 3 at the end of the kernel argument. BTW, shouldn't xfs be 
> starting by default at boot up.? Appreciate you giving me the info to 
> steer me further ahead, just, well, I'm still kinda outa my depth, I 
> guess. Sorry for being a pain, guys. Cheers.
>
> Mark Sargent.

Mark, have you tried this: go into the directories /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/*
and chmod 644 all the font* files.

In tcsh (sorry, don't know bash too well at the moment):

cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
foreach d (*)
chmod 644 $d/font*
end

That worked for me when I had the same problem. It seems that one of
the fonts.dir files is not by default world readable and so cannot be
read by the X server. I don't know why this should be the case though!

cheers,
ian

[Ian Miller]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 03:01:28PM +0000, Ian Miller wrote:
> In tcsh (sorry, don't know bash too well at the moment):
>
> cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
> foreach d (*)
> chmod 644 $d/font*
> end

or of course, you could just do

chmod 644 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/*/font*

(dunno what i was thinking there!)

cheers,
ian