Respawning problem

frkstein · 01-15-2002, 10:23 PM

I thought I got rid of this problem when I first installed Linux but i guess it is back. What is happening is that during boot, when it gets to the command prompt and should automatically start X windows, it gets stuck. It displays the following:

INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes

Now, I got rid of this before by playing with the video settings in Mandrakes install utility, but I see that is only a temp solution. BTW, I have an NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR graphics card. Any advice?

Avatar2U · 01-15-2002, 11:04 PM

Sorry no answer I had the same problem could not figure it out and wound up reinstalling. I hope you have better luck than I did. Just a question though is it mandrake 8.1?

I noticed that the it cycles through trying to start the xwindows about 5 times before you get that error. And in about 5 minutes it does the same thing agaiin. I hope that this clarifires a bit for anyone that may have an answer.

frkstein · 01-16-2002, 05:52 AM

Yes, I am running Mandrake 8.1

frkstein · 01-17-2002, 03:45 PM

Avatar2u,

I fixed the problem by downloading the new nvidia drivers for my video card. Now, I can see what those GL screensavers do that I couldn't before as well. Hope this helps.

bwilmot · 02-28-2002, 07:14 PM

I'm having the same problem. Now I'm really new, what do I do once I downlaod the new nvidia drivers? Better yet, how am I supposed to get the nvidia drivers into linux? I've got the geforce2.

neo77777 · 02-28-2002, 09:15 PM

In what format did you get your drivers (note you'll need both GLX and kernel source for your distro), btw what distro are you using?

bwilmot · 02-28-2002, 10:28 PM

I'm using Mandrake 8.1. I got the RPMS from nvidia. They are on my C drive cause I don't ahve access to Linux paritions through win2000.

frkstein · 03-01-2002, 05:53 AM

First off, make sure that you have both downloads that you need for this, the kernel and the glx drivers. Also, make sure that the kernel drivers that you got from nvidia are the ones specifically for Mandrake. the files you need should be:

NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.i386.rpm

and

NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.mdk81up.i686.rpm

To install these, be in a command window. Log in as su and then follow the instructions listed in this document:

http://205.158.109.140/XFree86_40/1....xNotes2313.pdf

I believe that you will want to follow the instructions for upgrading the drivers.

bwilmot · 03-01-2002, 11:33 AM

Thanks, but what should I put in the line where I refernce the old drivers to remove. In the manual it says to do below

$ rpm -e NVIDIA_GLX

but do I need to add the version numbers to the end?

I think I'm gettign closer, thanks so much for your help.

frkstein · 03-01-2002, 11:52 AM

just use that line. Don't worry about the version number.

bwilmot · 03-01-2002, 12:20 PM

Now I can't find the windows partition under /mnt. All that si there is cdrom cdrom2 floppy and disk. all appear to be empty. How do I get the files to be listed? I used dir andnothing came up. I tried burning them to a CD and I can't seem to find anything CD-roms either. I go to /mnt/cdrom and there is noothig there even whenI put in the install disk.

neo77777 · 03-01-2002, 12:42 PM

I guess you have to mount it.
for CD-ROM
mount -tiso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
for HD with windows (depending on filesystem
mount -tvfat /dev/hd(your windows devise) /mnt/windows (or whatever it is on your system). Use -tntfs for NTFS.