Okay, I think I have discovered the disease, although I still do not know the cure. My gdm.0.log tells me:
X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux uriel 2.6.18-5-686 #1 SMP Sat Dec 1 22:58:58 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 04 September 2007
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Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Dec 14 21:10:20 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwertz)" };
xkb_types { include "complete" };
xkb_compatibility { include "complete" };
xkb_symbols { include "pc(pc105)+de(nodeadkeys)" };
xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc101)" };
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing
I had alwas assumed that X was up and running, but now I did some research on this last line, and this seems to be where things hang - the X is not coming up because of this refcount. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to fix it.
