After 6 full installs, I now know what was corrupting my X. It was not
desktop configuration, hdparm, video setup (as generics), or any of the other
RPMs I loaded from Mandrake 7 Deluxe, (modem & sound not configured) --Star
Office so corrupted X that it froze Linux during boot, while trying to switch
over to graphical login. I had made many changes during the install, and
fully recreated everything (except for the one thing I was testing) when
reloading. During only one iteration was I able to get a (frozen) console
screen, which showed these messages: bad length in Geometry, output file
/var/tmp/server-0.xkm removed, couldn't load XKB keymap, Font Trans Socket
UNIX Connect: can't connect: errno-111, failed to set default font path
1unix/:-1, and fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'. The
Star Office RPM appeared to run and end normally.
Would a reinstall of X from the distribution CD have a good chance at
giving me a working Linux and Star Office? Am I better off to give this up
where I am (all the rest are working fine after the last reload)? Ideas?
Also, how does one go about repair on a corrupt file system? My first
boot after Star Office gave messages about repairing the file structure. I
realized I know nothing about repair, though I've heard that it is possible.
Thanks for your help. -Gary-
