On Saturday 26 July 2003 23:11, Stephane Brossier wrote: > Hi, > > I installed gentoo a while ago already. > > The first part of the boot goes fine, and then when it switches > to level 5, my screen becomes gray for at least one or two minutes > before i can see the X login screen. It is working fine but it just > takes forever. > > Note that I am using 'kdm'. I tried to swicth to 'xdm' to see > if this was related but it just does not work at all with xdm. > > What can be the cause? > The display manager? > My X server? > My XF86Config config file?
Check the logs luke ! (in /var/log/XFree86.0.log )
I am not really an export in X configuration file.
I have been looking around for a few tips and here what I got:
1. Looking at /var/log/kdm.log, I found the following: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Free86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 3 September 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.8-26mdk i686 [ELF]
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: Fri Apr 18 15:21:23 2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list!Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 3 September 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.8-26mdk i686 [ELF] 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: Fri Apr 18 15:21:34 2003 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list!
Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' ... =======================================================
=> there are a couple of things which I don't understand and that may be related to the cause of my problem:
. I can see in this log file that it is using /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.
boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux-2.4.8 keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18 label=linux-2.4.18 root=/dev/hda1 append=" devfs=mount quiet hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.8 label=linux-2.4.8 root=/dev/hda1 append=" devfs=mount quiet hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/gentoo-2.4.20 label=gentoo-2.4.20 root=/dev/hdb3 append="devfs=mount quiet hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" vga=788 read-only other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe
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