Unable to start STARTX on redhat 5
Hi,
I have being googling and trying to find out solution to unable to startx. Please note i have already search from last 2-3 days for the solution but didn't found anything. So request someone to guide me step by step. Also one more thing, the server was crashed and i upgraded the existing server using CD. But since then we are not able to start startX I hope i can get some help here ,i am a newbie to linux but i am computer engg so i can understand some logics.. Please HELP!! I am getting below error Code:
[root@astarcftp /]# startx |
One more thing, i have usb keyboard and HAL daemon is not starting, maybe that is the only problem
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Anyone alive ...is there any alternative to find X so that i can get GUI started on redhat
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i've never used red hat or fedora, and i really dont know too much much about xservers but some time ago, i started xwindows on a minix3 and a slackware machine, reasons they were not being able to start x server was:
minix3 - no xorg.conf file slackware - wrong xorg.conf file for both of system i tried ' xorgconfig ' command and tried different values: slackware retained its x system in 2 attempts minix3 - i had to change reserve memory for X by chmem command. i guess they had bug. so if ur red hat supports xorgconfig command try it. |
I have tried to check every config of xorg.conf but it is not happening.
Someone who have faced this issue might be able to help me as i know this is common issue every linux admin may have face once in lifetime. |
I never use X on my CentOS server (presumably though), but you should look into the Xorg.log file for information. You should get valid info there and paste the log file contents here. Not the complete file but the portion that might be usable.
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Before anything else, it would be useful to know what exact version of X are you using. Also, paste these files on some pastebin service and post the links here so we can review them:
Not being able to find input devices via HAL, nowadays, shouldn't prevent the server from starting. But it seems there's also some problem with your video driver. So, please, post also the output for this command: Code:
$ lspci | grep -i vga |
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Code:
[root@astarcftp ~]# lspci | grep -i vga [root@astarcftp ~]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf Code:
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Also even though it is giving unable to load kbd drivers, i am able to use my usb keyboard |
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Here is my /var/log/messages
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Hi there,
with red hat there is a command called 'systemconfig' or 'sysconfig' I do not remember (never used red hat/fedora) and this will give you an option to repair the xorg files. Hope this is useful. PS. Next time when upgrading make sure that you copy the entire /etc somewhere. |
Did you try (re-)installing the "kbd" package? It seems your X isn't using hal at all, so maybe just installing the right driver will work.
Otherwise, what does this quote from your post mean? Quote:
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