xorg install - X won't start completely

[TGS]

Not sure that this will help, but I had to do the following to get past the
black screen and the hung rhgb boot process.

1 - add in the /usr/X11R6/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf
2 - do a ldconfig -v
3 - trash all in tmp, including all the .* files and directories
4 - do a chkconfig xfs on
5 - boot without the rhgb kernel option,
6 - reboot again and it all worked.

Thanks to all that provided those tidbits in a few posts.

on 3/22/2004 11:56 PM, Maynard Kuona at knxmay001 at mail.uct.ac.za wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 20:57 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
>> Jim Shepherd wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 20:17 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> This is a shot in the dark. I cleared the /tmp directory out of all
>>>> lingering files, Then I rebooted and the problems went away, X now starts.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Completely cleared out my /tmp and /var/tmp directories and still get
>>> the same error.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Looking at your XFree error file, you have similar computer specs as I
>>>> have. 810 video anyway. Here is what the video section looks like. It
>>>> seems to be working alright.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> My Screen section seems to be set up exactly like yours, except you seem
>>> to have an i815 while I seem to have an i810.  What modules are you
>>> loading in the Modules section?
>>> 
>>> -Jim
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> This excerpt is from XF86Config. My card is an 815 and didn't work with
>> several distributions, but seems to work with RH or Fedora.
>> (800 MHz P III)
>> 
>> I was worried that it stopped working with xorg originally.
>> 
>> Have you tried running system-config-display to try to get x working?
>> There might be documentation on dumping system-config-xfree86, but I
>> didn't realize it until after X wouldn't start.
>> My file was generated by system-config-display as root user.
>> 
>> Jim C.
>> 
>> 
>> Section "Module"
>>          Load  "dbe"
>>          Load  "extmod"
>>          Load  "fbdevhw"
>>          Load  "glx"
>>          Load  "record"
>>          Load  "freetype"
>>          Load  "type1"
>>          Load  "dri"
>> EndSection
>> 
>> 
> Also, xorg supports running without XF86config. I used this to fix mine
> after it wouldn't find my fonts. Although it was running at limited
> resolution.
>