Installation worked from hard-disk, now X-Windows trouble
Tarek M. Nabil
tarek.nabil at isoft.ae
Sat May 22 15:00:03 UTC 2004
Thanks Micheal.
Actually, the problem is I cannot start X at all. It keeps trying several
times and then it gives me the error dialogues. I will paste as many
information here as I can, but at the same time trying not to flood the list
with un-needed logs.
>From the XFree86.0.log (I will not paste the whole file, just the part where
I think the error has occurred):
(EE) I810(0): No Video BIOS modes for chosen depth.
(II) UnloadModule: "i810"
(II) UnloadModule: "ddc"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) UnloadModule: "int10"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) UnloadModule: "vbe"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) UnloadModule: "int10"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
>From the messages file, I think also this is the important part:
May 22 13:24:06 localhost atd: atd startup succeeded
May 22 13:24:06 localhost xfs: ignoring font path element
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic (unreadable)
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: .
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot:
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: XFree86 Version 4.3.0
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: (Fedora Core 1: 4.3.0-42)
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: Release Date: 15 August 2003
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0,
Release 6.6
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: Build Operating System: Linux
2.4.21-2.ELsmp i686 [ELF]
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: Build Date: 24 October 2003
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot:
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: ^IBefore reporting any problems, please
make sure you are using the most
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: ^Irecent XFree86 packages available
from Red Hat by checking for updates
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: ^Iat http://rhn.redhat.com/errata or by
using the Red Hat Network up2date
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: ^Itool. If you still encounter
problems, please file bug reports in the
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: ^IXFree86.org bugzilla at
http://bugs.xfree86.org and/or Red Hat
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: ^Ibugzilla at
http://bugzilla.redhat.com
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot:
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: Module Loader present
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: OS Kernel: Linux version
2.4.22-1.2115.nptl (bhcompile at daffy.perf.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2.3
20030422 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-6)) #1 Wed Oct 29 15:42:51 EST 2003
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config
file, (==) default setting,
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: (++) from command line, (!!)
notice, (II) informational,
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI)
not implemented, (??) unknown.
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: (==) Log file:
"/var/log/XFree86.1.log", Time: Sat May 22 13:24:06 2004
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: (==) Using config file:
"/etc/X11/XF86Config"
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: (EE) I810(0): No Video BIOS modes for
chosen depth.
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a
usable configuration.
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot:
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: Fatal server error:
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: no screens found
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot:
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: If you encounter a server crash, please
report the problem by filing a bug
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: report in the XFree86.org bugzilla at
http://bugs.xfree86.org and/or Red Hat
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: bugzilla at
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla. When filing your report, it
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: is very important that you explain your
problem in as much detail as possible,
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: and include a complete description on
how to reproduce the problem. After
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: submitting the bug report, attach the
following files as uncompressed
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: individual file attachments using the
bugzilla file attachment feature:
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: ^I- X server log file:
/var/log/XFree86.1.log
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: ^I- X server config file:
/etc/X11/XF86Config
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot: ^I- Kernel log file: /var/log/messages
May 22 13:24:06 localhost firstboot:
May 22 13:24:07 localhost firstboot: .
May 22 13:24:07 localhost firstboot: xrdb: Connection refused
May 22 13:24:07 localhost firstboot: xrdb: Can't open display ':1'
May 22 13:24:08 localhost firstboot: Traceback (most recent call last):
May 22 13:24:08 localhost firstboot: File
"/usr/share/firstboot/firstboot.py", line 190, in ?
May 22 13:24:08 localhost firstboot: import firstbootWindow
May 22 13:24:08 localhost firstboot: File
"/usr/share/firstboot/firstbootWindow.py", line 20, in ?
May 22 13:24:08 localhost firstboot: import gtk
May 22 13:24:08 localhost firstboot: File
"/usr/src/build/302542-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/gtk-2.0/
gtk/__init__.py", line 43, in ?
May 22 13:24:08 localhost firstboot: RuntimeError: could not open display
May 22 13:24:08 localhost rc: Starting firstboot: succeeded
May 22 13:24:08 localhost gconfd (root-6121): starting (version 2.4.0), pid
6121 user 'root'
May 22 13:24:08 localhost messagebus: messagebus startup succeeded
May 22 13:24:09 localhost gconfd (root-6121): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source
at position 0
May 22 13:24:09 localhost gconfd (root-6121): Resolved address
"xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1
May 22 13:24:09 localhost gconfd (root-6121): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source at
position 2
May 22 13:24:11 localhost gdm[6197]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X
error - Restarting :0
May 22 13:24:12 localhost gdm[6199]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X
error - Restarting :0
May 22 13:24:16 localhost gdm[6201]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X
error - Restarting :0
May 22 13:24:21 localhost gdm[6203]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X
error - Restarting :0
May 22 13:24:21 localhost gdm[6142]: deal_with_x_crashes: Running the
XKeepsCrashing script
May 22 13:26:09 localhost gconfd (root-6121): GConf server is not in use,
shutting down.
May 22 13:26:09 localhost gconfd (root-6121): Exiting
May 22 13:30:06 localhost gdm[6142]: Failed to start X server several times
in a short time period; disabling display :0
And lastly, here's my XF86Config file (all of it actually, sorry if that's
too much)
# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
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 "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
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 "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
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 "DELL E773c"
DisplaySize 320 240
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Intel 865"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
Thanks,
Tarek Nabil
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 10:38:31 -0400
From: m jones <blindman.jones at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Installation worked from hard-disk, now X-Windows trouble
[was: Re: Installation Problem]
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Message-ID: <200405221038.32012.blindman.jones at verizon.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1256"
On Saturday 22 May 2004 06:14, look what Tarek M. Nabil wrote:
> Avery,
>
> Thanks for your help. The hard disk method worked. I found out that all
the
> partitions on my hard-drive were NTFS (obviously our network administrator
> thinks this is more secure), so I had to go through some re-partitioning
to
> get this working. Anyway, the installation worked, but I can't understand
> why it didn't work from the CDs! The machine I'm doing the installation on
> is a Dell GX270.
>
> Now, after the installation is done, the X-windowing system is not
working.
> Any idea how to debug this issue? I managed to copy the configuration and
> log files to the new shared FAT32 partition, so I can attach them, but I'm
> not sure if this would be acceptable. I'm also not sure whether just
> copying and pasting the text from the files in this email is acceptable.
> Can someone advise me on this?
What is the problem? You can get X to start, but it is just a blank screen?
bug has been filed, no workaround yet...
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=123953
you can also go here and leave your experience and any workarounds you
find...
http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraHardwareInfo
Now, if it is that you just can't get X to start at all, like you can see
errors etc... supply the error messages or other important info here and
someone will help you.
have fun!
mjr
--
michael jones
erleichda archiving
usa
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