X won't start on F14 - I've run out of ideas!

Claude Jones cjoneslists at tehogeeservices.com
Tue Oct 19 18:59:19 UTC 2010


On 10/19/2010 2:36 PM, Adam Jackson wrote:
> If you're talking about the log here:
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-October/384602.html
>
> Then the X server is starting just fine, it's your desktop session
> that's broken.
>
> When in doubt, boot to runlevel 3 and run "X -retro".  You should see
> the classic ugly stipple and X cursor, and control-alt-backspace will
> return you to a command prompt.  If that works, then X works, and you
> need to figure out why your desktop won't load.
>
> - ajax
Thanks for that. I had suspected there could be an issue with the 
desktop not starting properly. I probably should have posed the question 
on the fedora-kde list.

-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA



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