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

[Claude Jones]

On 10/12/2010 1:23 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 12, 2010 15:38:33 Claude Jones wrote:
>> On 10/12/2010 9:46 AM, Greg Woods wrote:
>> Here's the last section of my Xorg.0.log file:
> [snip]
>
> I didn't see any errors in the log about X failing or something. I'd suggest
> the following:
>
> 1) remove/rename any existing /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> 2) create a new dummy user
> 3) do a clean boot into runlevel 3
> 4) login as the dummy user, do a startx
> 5) see X fail, copy /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> 6) post the whole file for us to see
>
> While you're at it, replace the mouse with some ordinary stupid USB or PS/2
> mouse for the experiment, just to be on the safe side. ;-)
>
> The Xorg.0.log should contain (EE) lines which should give a clue what went
> wrong. If there are none, try to startx with a "--logverbose n" option,
> choosing n as 4,5,6,...
>
> Also, when you do a startx, make sure X isn't actually running properly in F7
> console or elsewhere... ;-)
>
>

OK - thank you for the suggestions - I'm at work and this machine is at 
home so it will be a few hours before I can try this - I will say that 
I've tried starting X logged in as user and as root

-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA