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

[Claude Jones]

On 10/19/2010 4:02 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>>> 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.
> at a guess, you may have desktop effects enabled in KDE which worked
> fine with the proprietary driver but don't work with nouveau.
except that the problem started while the proprietary driver was still 
installed - I removed it to make sure it wasn't an nVidia problem; also, 
beyond whatever desktop effects are enabled as defaults, I almost never 
enable any of them; if anyone would like to see the document I created 
with all the logs I thought could be pertinent, it's here (warning, it's 
a big document!)

http://www.tehogeeservices.com/files/Fresh_bootup_logs_101014.pdf

it's been a mind-twister, this issue


-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA