X11 fails to start, IO error 104
I am running Fedora 5 on an older Gateway with a Pentium 3. I have never previously had problems with X on this system, and I upgraded to FC5 right after it came out.
Now when I start I get: Code:
(EE) TDFX(0): [dri] tdfx DRI not supported in 32 bpp mode, disabling DRI. Could not init font path element unix:7100, removing from list! Does anyone know a way to fix this? I have looked around and other people (not fedora users, I have not found a fix from a fedora user) have said to run xorgsetup, or xorgconfig. I do not know how to run those (I cannot find them, and their directory must not be in my path because they don't run). I am not very familiar with how X works at all so I don't even know where to start looking. Thanks! |
I just tried running X -configure
and then X -config /root.xorg/conf.new but that didn't work either. |
Does anyone know if I boot with a liveCD and copy the XF86Config, and boot with that config file will it fix the problem?
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jdwilder,
I don't know if that'll solve your problem, but if you need to get into a graphics session to back up data or something, and can get to a command line, start another xsession with Code:
startx -- :1 SHERB142 |
thanks for the tip, I will keep it in mind if I screw things up again. I ended up just installing a new OS, but I am sure I will screw it up again, I love to tinker.
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