topic Re: X unable to start in Operating System - Linux

X unable to start

Muhammad Imran Hussain — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 01:50:26 GMT

Hello
All members

I 'm installing RH 9 on a server machine having Cirrus Logic 16 MB AGP. I run whole installation in CUI mode bacause it can't start X & also on first time booting it's unable to load. it shows that it detects cirrus logic AGP but in starting X it fails.

Now what are the steps to start the X on this machine.

thanx in advance

Re: X unable to start

Alexander Chuzhoy — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:16:36 GMT

use redhat-config-xfree86 utility -it's very simple to use....

simply run
redhat-config-xfree86

at command prompt...

Re: X unable to start

Mark Grant — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:45:52 GMT

If you are getting errors, it would be handy it if could let us know what they are.

Re: X unable to start

Jerome Henry — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 03:25:23 GMT

redhat-config-XFree86 may provide error as it requires X to run...
Try redhat-config-XFree86 -reconfig
And, if it blocks :
Xfree86 -configure
And of course, posting erros would help.

J

Re: X unable to start

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 05:03:57 GMT

Your hardware is pretty generic and should have been detected correctly in the first place.

The xfree utility should get it right if you re-run as instructed in Jerome's post.

Perhaps you inadvertantly overrode the detection in the original installation.

SEP

Re: X unable to start

Stuart Browne — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:41:29 GMT

I like the thought of finding the error first, then fixing it.

Check your X log files "in /var/log/XFree86*.log".

Either attach a copy of it, or show us the last 50-100 lines or so. The lines starting with either (EE) or (WW) are your key-witnesses in the failures.

Hopefully it'll be something simple that you can fix yourself, otherwise, drop us some details ;)

Re: X unable to start

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:25:05 GMT

Back to basics perhaps?

The most common cause of the X interface not coming up is the DISPLAY variable not being set.

Check /etc/profile or .profile for the user or merely echo $DISPLAY at the command line prior to starting X.

Make corrections based on your findings.

SEP

Re: X unable to start

Stuart Browne — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:31:58 GMT

I find the most common reason is that the X Font server isn't started *shrug*.

Then again, I don't use the GUI often fron a Linux boxen..

Go Cygwin X-Free ;)