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Old 07-08-2004, 11:52 AM   #1
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Red face X86Free problem, directly boots into text mode,not into gui

I use mandrake 10.0 community edition.Recently all of a sudden,my comp boots directly into text mode only and not in GUI.typing startx at the command line gives an error,,,also 5 and not 3 is the runlevel.....can some one tell me whats the problem is???attached are some of the files that may be helpful


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Old 07-08-2004, 04:25 PM   #2
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which attached files?

what does the error say? did you check the XFree log files in /var/log?
 
Old 07-09-2004, 12:27 AM   #3
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hi,

the following is the attached /var/log/x86free msg..
hope u can help me,i badly need to get into the gui.
And my monitor is a LG.17",60 Hz one/

The file says this---------------

This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
to fixes@XFree86.Org. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs).

XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1
Release Date: 15 August 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.0-1mdkenterprise i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 01 March 2004
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Jul 8 00:49:56 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "layout1"
(**) |-->Screen "screen1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "monitor1"
(**) | |-->Device "device1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
(**) XKB: layout: "en_US"
(WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/local/share/fonts".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/local/share/fonts").
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts").
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/share/fonts"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
Using vt 7
(--) using VT number 7

(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3205 card 1106,3205 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b198 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1106,3038 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1106,3038 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1106,3038 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3104 card 1462,7340 rev 82 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3177 card 1106,3177 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1462,7340 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1462,7340 rev 50 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1462,734c rev 74 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1106,7205 card 1462,7348 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xddffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) VIA Technologies, Inc. unknown chipset (0x7205) rev 1, Mem @ 0xd8000000/26, 0xdc000000/24
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd0000000 from 0xd7ffffff to 0xcfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xde001000 - 0xde0010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xde0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xde001000 - 0xde0010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xde0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xde001000 - 0xde0010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xde0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[8] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "v4l"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/linux/v4l_drv.o
(II) Module v4l: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 0.0.1
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 2.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.o
(II) Module fbdev: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
(II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev, afb
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
(II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 0.0.2
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) FBDEV(0): using default device
(II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode
(**) FBDEV(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 565
(==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) FBDEV(0): Hardware: VESA VGA (vidmem: 16384k)
(II) FBDEV(0): Checking Modes against framebuffer device...
(II) FBDEV(0): Checking Modes against monitor...
(--) FBDEV(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
(**) FBDEV(0): Built-in mode "current": 78.7 MHz, 59.9 kHz, 75.7 Hz
(II) FBDEV(0): Modeline "current" 78.65 1024 1056 1184 1312 768 772 776 792 -hsync -vsync -csync
(==) FBDEV(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(**) FBDEV(0): Using "Shadow Framebuffer"
(II) Loading sub module "shadow"
(II) LoadModule: "shadow"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libshadow.a
(II) Module shadow: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOPAN_DISPLAY: Invalid argument
(==) FBDEV(0): Backing store disabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) FBDEV(0): DPMS enabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOPAN_DISPLAY: Invalid argument
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver
(**) Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
(**) Mouse1: Protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse1: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(**) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
(**) Mouse1: ZAxisMapping: buttons 6 and 7
(**) Mouse1: Buttons: 7
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)
(II) Mouse1: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
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This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.
 
  


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