X won't start after reboot

kodiakmook · 12-21-2001, 08:31 AM

After a reboot from a power failure, X won't start.

After typing the 'startx' command the X server appears to start, but then it goes back to console mode and it says that it can't find the file:

.Xclients-default

What went wrong?

(RH 7.2)

Thanks,
kodiakmook

trickykid · 12-21-2001, 11:46 AM

have you tried to reconfigure X with Xconfigurator ?? probably get you back up and running.

kodiakmook · 12-21-2001, 01:41 PM

I reconfigured with Xconfigurator, and it works fine when it tests the settings, but once Xconfgurator exits and I type 'startx', the Xserver tries to start, but quits with the message:

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/root/.Xclients: /root/.Xclients-default: No such file or directory

/root/.Xclients: exec: /root/.Xclients-default: cannot execute: No such file or directory

waiting for X server to shut down
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I assume I just need to tell it to use KDE, but what is the syntax to create an .Xclients-default file?

kodiakmook · 12-21-2001, 03:25 PM

don't know what the heck originally happened to the file, but recreating the .Xclients-default file worked. I just added the line

exec startkde

and the X server starts normally now.