On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 02:35, William Warren wrote: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:51:04PM -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 16:05, William Warren wrote:
> > This only affects root. > > > ... also you might try startx > startlog.out 2>&1 > > and see if you can capture what is happening. > > Here's the output: see also http://billhorne.homelinux.org/xfiles/ for the > full versions. > > XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-8) / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 23 January 2002 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) > Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17-0.13smp i686 [ELF] > Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com > > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 6 03:03:48 2003 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" > xinit: connection to X server lost. (I typed Cntl-Alt-Backspace) > > is there a /root/.xinitrc file? if so what is in it? here is my thinking so far. 1.XF86Config-4 is ok and being used ( Others users are ok) this eliminates console ownership issues and all that stuff. 2. X is starting but no programs are being run for some reason in order to address #2 lets look at /root/.[xX]* files cd /root ls -al .[xX]* here is mine [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ls -al .[xX]* -rw------- 1 root root 53 Apr 21 2002 .xauth1R74zn -rw------- 1 root root 53 Jun 8 2002 .xauth89MEKN -rw------- 1 root root 53 Nov 6 14:09 .xauth8JSUHw -rw------- 1 root root 53 Jan 3 2002 .xauthaJAgE2 -rw------- 1 root root 53 Feb 19 23:31 .xauthAngn4G -rw------- 1 root root 53 Feb 6 11:41 .xauthATs4yU -rw------- 1 root root 53 Nov 13 10:47 .xauthhGpsy5 -rw------- 1 root root 53 Sep 20 13:45 .xauthibvdWR -rw------- 1 root root 53 Jan 8 2002 .xauthjBfK3q -rw------- 1 root root 53 Jan 7 2002 .xauthndYIHe -rw------- 1 root root 104 Feb 25 13:06 .Xauthority -rw------- 1 root root 53 Mar 6 09:19 .xauthPHIiKg -rw------- 1 root root 53 Apr 21 2002 .xauthtewrUo -rw------- 1 root root 53 Mar 4 19:58 .xauthuu8lvm -rw------- 1 root root 53 Jan 12 16:26 .xauthWpavTk -rw------- 1 root root 53 Apr 21 2002 .xauthWxACe8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1126 Aug 23 1995 .Xresources -rw------- 1 root root 1215 Sep 19 01:30 .xsession-errors we can ignore all the xauth stuff. I have never run switchdesk as root so it is using the system default stuff in /etc/X11/xinit if you have a .Xclients or .xinitrc in /root what is in there, rename them to something else and try again. Also lets take a look at .xsession-errors. ps may help too. a snip from ps axfw. (I started x from an xterm using startx -- :1) \_ bash 4111 pts/0 S 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh /usr/bin/X11/startx -- :1 4125 pts/0 S 0:00 | \_ xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 4126 ? S< 0:02 | \_ /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 4130 pts/0 S 0:00 | \_ gnome-session 4141 ? S 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/ssh-agent /home/bhughes/.Xclients-default from this we see that xinit is started with the system default init file /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc. In there we see toward the end after a bunch of keyboard setup stuff: if [ -f $HOME/.Xclients ]; then exec $HOME/.Xclients elif [ -f /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients ]; then exec /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients else # failsafe settings. Although we should never get here # (we provide fallbacks in Xclients as well) it can't hurt. xclock -geometry 100x100-5+5 & xterm -geometry 80x50-50+150 & if [ -x /usr/bin/netscape -a -f /usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html ]; then netscape /usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html & fi if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2 ]; then exec fvwm2 else exec twm fi fi If your system is similar, since you are not getting any client programs started, my guess is that there is a blank file in /root/.Xclients (likely) or the system Xclients (unlikely) I think startx will call xinit with a user's ~/.xinitrc if it exists so it would short circuit the Xclients stuff. Try tracking your system in a similar manner until we get to where we find the error. HTH Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
