On Thursday 27 March 2003 10:46 am, Toralf Lund wrote: > I just installed Red Hat 7.3 on a new system, and it seems like I just > can't get the X server to start. When I boot to level 5, I just get a text > login. Then after a short while, it looks like the X server tries to > start, but it dies instantly. The system will retry the operation, but not > until several minutes have passed. I can't find any error messages in the > logs. In particular, /var/lib/gdm/:0.log is empty. > > And now the really weird part: If I disable the network, X will work just > fine. Well, maybe not that strange as such, as it points towards a problem > with the network setup, but I can't find anything wrong with it, and I've > tried *really* hard. > > Ideas, anyone?
How about try to boot to level 3 first, and then try to startx from there? If it fails, try to look at the log file ( /var/log/XFree86*log). Try run Xconfigurator from the terminal (must be as root). At some part of Xconfigurator, you should be able to test the X server. It can be anything such as wrong video card config, resolution, etc. In anycase, if you boot level 3, it's probably easier to try to troubleshoot since you have an access to the terminal. How did you disable the network? By unplugging the network connection? If you said it can load X with no network, try to bring the network down from the terminal (as root) assuming you have your network connection at eth0: $ /sbin/ifdown eth0 or $ /etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop Load X: $ startx and re-start network when you get X: $ /sbin/ifup eth0 or $ /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start see if that works But I don't see what network connection should cause X to fail. RDB -- ------------------------------------------------- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign against HTML \ / email and proprietary format X attachments. / \ ------------------------------------------------- Have you been used by Microsoft today? Choose your life. Choose freedom. Choose LINUX. ------------------------------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
