Can't find X server after reboot

I've reinstalled Fedeora Core 6 (Zod) three times. Each time after I've completed install, I am able to gui around and do what I need to do. When I shut down the computer and/or reboot, it takes me to the terminal and asks me to log in. When I try startx it says it can't find the x server.

In the terminal, run this command:

grep '^(EE' /var/log/Xorg.0.log

and post the results here (in [code] tags please).

It says no such file or directory

Actually what it says is grep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: no such file or directory

Erk. OK, please try this - I want to identify your X logfile:

cd /var/log
ls -l |grep -i -e xorg -e free

the return was:

-rw-r-r-- 1 root root 48505 Nov 29 11:16 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r-r-- 1 root root 39795 Nov 29 11:03 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r-r-- 1 root root 812 Nov 29 11:02 Xorg.setup.log

I just tried startx and it says that:
server is already active for display 0
if this server is no longer running remove /tmp/.XO-lock and try again

Then it says:

Xlib: Connection to ":0:0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE key
giving up
xinit: unable to connect to server
xinit: no such process (errorno 3): Server error

Then I get the prompt

Originally Posted by arizwebfoot the return was: -rw-r-r-- 1 root root 48505 Nov 29 11:16 Xorg.0.log -rw-r-r-- 1 root root 39795 Nov 29 11:03 Xorg.0.log.old -rw-r-r-- 1 root root 812 Nov 29 11:02 Xorg.setup.log

It's very odd that the grep command above returned an error. Perhaps you made a typo. Remember that file names in Linux are case-sensitive, and there is a huge difference between ' and `. Best approach is to copy-paste. I suspect you are not doing so because the output you just put here is not possible - the lines would never start with "-rw-r-r--" - you are missing a character.

Try it this way. Careful with that shift key!

cd /var/log
grep '^(EE' Xorg.0.log

Doh stupid me, of course, you're not copy-pasting - your x-server isn't working... Sometimes I am dense as uranium.

Okay, this time I got:

(EE) AIGLX: screen 0 in not DRI capable.

I would infer that this is telling me my monitor is somehow deficient. I have a HP LCD, model HP vs17.

Thanks and hope this helps

Not, it's not the monitor. It's that the video driver which is being used does not support the DRI extension, which is required if you have AIGLX turned on (AIGLX lets you do a load of fancy eye-candy stuff, but it's not necessary).

You should turn off AIGLX. Look at the bottom of this page for instructions. You'll need to be root to edit the xorg.conf file.

This is going to really show my noobie status, what is the command to open the file?

I tried gedit xorg.conf but I got an error message that it was unable to open a display.

gedit requires your windowing system to be running, which won't work until we've fixed it. We'll use another editor, nano. Log in as root and then do this:

cd /etc/X11
cp xorg.conf xorg.conf.mybackup
nano xorg.conf

At the bottom of the screen is a list of special command keys. ^ mean the control key in this context, so "^X Exit" means "press control-X to quit". If you ahev modified a file, you will be prompted if you want to save changes.

The xorg.conf file contains quite a lot of stuff. You'll need to locate the proper section. nano lets you search with control-w.

It worked, it worked, it worked.

Thanks, I'm off and running - LOL.