[solved] Re: X won't start after installing openbox

2017-02-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Sven Joachim writes: > On 2017-02-27 20:30 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Rodolfo Medina writes: >> >>> Any openbox users out there? >>> >>> I installed x-window-system-core and openbox but startx gives error: >>> `unable to connect to X server: Connection refused'. What am I missing? > > Yo

Re: X won't start after installing openbox

2017-02-27 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 27.02.2017 um 22:00 schrieb Sven Joachim: >> [38.828] (II) VESA(0): initializing int10 >> [38.829] (EE) VESA(0): Cannot read int vect > > And the vesa driver does not work either because it needs root rights > which the X server does no longer have. See > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-co

Re: X won't start after installing openbox

2017-02-27 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2017-02-27 20:30 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina writes: > >> Any openbox users out there? >> >> I installed x-window-system-core and openbox but startx gives error: `unable >> to connect to X server: Connection refused'. What am I missing? You need to install the firmware-amd-

Re: X won't start after installing openbox

2017-02-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina writes: > Any openbox users out there? > > I installed x-window-system-core and openbox but startx gives error: `unable > to connect to X server: Connection refused'. What am I missing? ...I'm attaching ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log: [38.808] X.Org X Server 1.19.1 Release

X won't start after installing openbox

2017-02-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Any openbox users out there? I installed x-window-system-core and openbox but startx gives error: `unable to connect to X server: Connection refused'. What am I missing? Thanks for any help, Rodolfo

X won't start: xf86MapVidMem: Could not mmap framebuffer (0x000a0000,0x20000) (Invalid argument)

2011-01-18 Thread innercityfadedofftheground
X won't start: xf86MapVidMem: Could not mmap framebuffer (0x000a,0x2) (Invalid argument) Note: X always worked with grsecurity kernel provided that I disabledmmprotect (and other protections) on /etc/X11/X . I have done that. Iam using a config based on a config that worked i

Re (4): x won't start ...

2009-09-18 Thread peasthope
Hello Mitchell, Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:25:17 -0400 you wrote, > the permissions on > /home/bill are the same as every other home directory > drwxr-xr-x > those of > /home/bill/test > are the same... Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:27:53 -0400 you wrote, > i have tried it no success. > mitchell Try

RE: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-26 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Kevin Ross wrote: >> From: JoeHill [mailto:joeh...@teksavvy.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:14 PM >> > Is there something in your ~/.xinitrc, ~/.Xsessionrc, or ~/.xserverrc >> file >> > causing startup to fail? >> > >> > Have you looked for errors in the ~/.xsession-errors file? >> >> Ok

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-26 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 00:31 Wed 26 Aug , Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue,25.Aug.09, 17:11:45, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > > Recall that if I change the login directory to > > /home/bill/temp in /etc/passwd > > then bill can startx just as any other user can. it is only > > from the /home/bill that x fails (silent

RE: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-25 Thread Kevin Ross
> From: JoeHill [mailto:joeh...@teksavvy.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:14 PM > > Is there something in your ~/.xinitrc, ~/.Xsessionrc, or ~/.xserverrc > file > > causing startup to fail? > > > > Have you looked for errors in the ~/.xsession-errors file? > > Okay, c'mon, did you read his

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-25 Thread JoeHill
Kevin Ross wrote: > > From: Mitchell Laks [mailto:ml...@post.harvard.edu] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:48 PM > > > > On 16:06 Tue 25 Aug , Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On 2009-08-25 15:58, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > > >On 19:20 Mon 24 Aug , Ron Johnson wrote: > > > >>startx or gd

RE: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-25 Thread Kevin Ross
> From: Mitchell Laks [mailto:ml...@post.harvard.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:48 PM > > On 16:06 Tue 25 Aug , Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 2009-08-25 15:58, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > >On 19:20 Mon 24 Aug , Ron Johnson wrote: > > >>startx or gdm? > > > > > >i shut off gdm and am work

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-25 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 16:06 Tue 25 Aug , Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-25 15:58, Mitchell Laks wrote: > >On 19:20 Mon 24 Aug , Ron Johnson wrote: > >>startx or gdm? > > > >i shut off gdm and am working with startx at the command line. > >:) > > Good for you! > > Have you tried "startx -- -v"? It might no

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-25 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 17:11:45 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > On 00:36 Tue 25 Aug , Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > > look in /tmp or /var/tmp > > > > delete related files and dirs belonging to the user and restart X. > > > > they probably killed the pc and it has some lock files around > > > > it'

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,25.Aug.09, 17:11:45, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Recall that if I change the login directory to > /home/bill/temp in /etc/passwd > then bill can startx just as any other user can. it is only > from the /home/bill that x fails (silently :() What are the permissions of that directory? Regards

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-25 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 16:06 Tue 25 Aug , Ron Johnson wrote: > >i shut off gdm and am working with startx at the command line. > >:) > > Good for you! i only put it on for my sister anyway, i use command line > > Have you tried "startx -- -v"? It might not work, but couldn't hurt. i have tried it no success.

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-25 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 00:36 Tue 25 Aug , Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > look in /tmp or /var/tmp > > delete related files and dirs belonging to the user and restart X. > > they probably killed the pc and it has some lock files around > > it's broken! I agree that there is some file that is causing the problem, but I

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-25 15:58, Mitchell Laks wrote: On 19:20 Mon 24 Aug , Ron Johnson wrote: startx or gdm? i shut off gdm and am working with startx at the command line. :) Good for you! Have you tried "startx -- -v"? It might not work, but couldn't hurt. -- Obsession with "preserving cultural

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-25 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 19:20 Mon 24 Aug , Ron Johnson wrote: > > startx or gdm? i shut off gdm and am working with startx at the command line. :) mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-24 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-24 17:00, Mitchell Laks wrote: [snip] So can any one tell me how to make the X startup verbose so that I can figure what file in /home/bill is causing the problem? startx or gdm? -- Obsesion with "preserving cultural heritage" is a racist impediment to moral, physical and intel

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-24 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Mitchell Laks wrote: > On 10:58 Mon 24 Aug , Jimmy Johnson wrote: >> her /home partition was full, she called me and said "it's broke." I >> logged in as root and deleted the file and it was fixed. >> -- > > thanks Jimmy, > but that couldn't explain my problem, > > 1. No partitions are full.

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-24 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 10:58 Mon 24 Aug , Jimmy Johnson wrote: > her /home partition was full, she called me and said "it's broke." I > logged in as root and deleted the file and it was fixed. > -- thanks Jimmy, but that couldn't explain my problem, 1. No partitions are full. 2. Why would the other users be ab

Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-24 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Mitchell Laks wrote: Hi, I am running sid on a laptop. X was working fine. I lent my laptop to my sister for a few weeks and her kids played with it, and she returned it saying "it doesn't work". The problem is that X won't start as a single particular user. For all ot

x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

2009-08-24 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi, I am running sid on a laptop. X was working fine. I lent my laptop to my sister for a few weeks and her kids played with it, and she returned it saying "it doesn't work". The problem is that X won't start as a single particular user. For all other users, X starts fine

Re: Updated Squeeze, X won't start

2009-04-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,12.Apr.09, 12:24:06, Carl Fink wrote: [...] > (EE) Failed to load module "via" (module does not exist, 0) > (EE) No drivers available. [...] > So is this a temporary problem that the X developers will quickly fix? > Something I can fix easily? Gremlins? Do you have your xserver-xorg-

Re: Updated Squeeze, X won't start

2009-04-13 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 19:54:11 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > > So is this a temporary problem that the X developers will quickly fix? > > No, you need to fix it yourself. Actually it gets fixed up by the upgrade to xserver-xorg from sid, we just didn't expect the xserver-xorg-video-via removal

Re: Updated Squeeze, X won't start

2009-04-12 Thread Sven Joachim
Ctrl-Alt-F1 > and from the VT, did apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. 59 updates > later, I now find that X won't start. Here's a capture when I try using > startx: > > Script started on Sun 12 Apr 2009 12:22:00 PM EDT > xset: unable to open display "

Updated Squeeze, X won't start

2009-04-12 Thread Carl Fink
r, I now find that X won't start. Here's a capture when I try using startx: Script started on Sun 12 Apr 2009 12:22:00 PM EDT xset: unable to open display "" ca...@newpicking:~$ startx& [1] 3381 ca...@newpicking:~$ X.Org X Server 1.4.2 Release Date: 11 June 2008 X Proto

X won't start solved

2006-03-01 Thread Anakreon Mendis
The problem occured because of a program named keytouch It placed a file which generated an error with message: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/39keytouch-acpid: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `;' The message was taken from the .xsession-errors file. I uninstalled the program and removed 2 configu

Re: many segfaults scrolled by when updating with aptitude now X won't start

2006-02-20 Thread Adam Porter
Daniel Johnson wrote: > Last night I was doing a long overdue update on a system I use mostly > for learning. Many things must have gone horribly wrong during the > update as a result of all of the segfaults, but aptitude seemed to > think it was a success. I'm not sure what all is broken, but I

many segfaults scrolled by when updating with aptitude now X won't start

2006-02-17 Thread Daniel Johnson
Last night I was doing a long overdue update on a system I use mostly for learning. Many things must have gone horribly wrong during the update as a result of all of the segfaults, but aptitude seemed to think it was a success. I'm not sure what all is broken, but I know that X for sure is broken

Solved: X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg

2005-09-14 Thread Tong
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:39:03 -0500, Kent West wrote: >>This is a real emergency. My X won't start now, having >>upgraded from xsever to xorg. >> >> [...] >>that there is way to restore using xserver instead of >>xorg. I tried to follow it, but wasn&#

Re: X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg

2005-09-14 Thread James Vahn
Tong Sun wrote: > This is a real emergency. My X won't start now, having > upgraded from xsever to xorg. > > Is there any way I can have my X back? X-window-system-core depends on xserver-xorg, you could try removing both of them and installing xserver-xfree86. -- To UNSU

Re: X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg

2005-09-14 Thread Adam Hardy
Antony Gelberg on 14/09/05 10:00, wrote: Tong Sun wrote: Hi, This is a real emergency. My X won't start now, having upgraded from xsever to xorg. Is there any way I can have my X back? I saw in thread Routine upgrade of packages tracking etch has hosed gnome http://linux.derkeiler.com/Ma

Re: X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg

2005-09-14 Thread Adam Hardy
Carl Fink on 14/09/05 11:20, wrote: On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:22:38AM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: to escape from x, the key combo ALT-CTRL-Backspace will kill it and everything running. On my laptop, since installing Xorg, I get the xdm login screen, but it's totally nonresponsive to keyboard

Re: X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg

2005-09-14 Thread Aurélien Campéas
Tong Sun a écrit : Hi, This is a real emergency. My X won't start now, having upgraded from xsever to xorg. Is there any way I can have my X back? I saw in thread Routine upgrade of packages tracking etch has hosed gnome http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2005-09/1631

Re: X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg

2005-09-14 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:22:38AM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > to escape from x, the key combo ALT-CTRL-Backspace will kill it and > everything running. On my laptop, since installing Xorg, I get the xdm login screen, but it's totally nonresponsive to keyboard input. Ctrl-Backspace does nothing,

Re: X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg

2005-09-14 Thread Antony Gelberg
Tong Sun wrote: Hi, This is a real emergency. My X won't start now, having upgraded from xsever to xorg. Is there any way I can have my X back? I saw in thread Routine upgrade of packages tracking etch has hosed gnome http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2005-09/1631

Re: X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg

2005-09-14 Thread Adam Hardy
at 09:00:00PM -0700, Tong Sun wrote: Hi, This is a real emergency. My X won't start now, having upgraded from xsever to xorg. Is there any way I can have my X back? to escape from x, the key combo ALT-CTRL-Backspace will kill it and everything running. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg

2005-09-13 Thread Gu Xiaoyang
Hi, > > This is a real emergency. My X won't start now, having > upgraded from xsever to xorg. > > Is there any way I can have my X back? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg

2005-09-13 Thread Kent West
Tong Sun wrote: >Hi, > >This is a real emergency. My X won't start now, having >upgraded from xsever to xorg. > >Is there any way I can have my X back? > >I saw in thread > >Routine upgrade of packages tracking etch has hosed >gnome >http://linux.d

X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg

2005-09-13 Thread Tong Sun
Hi, This is a real emergency. My X won't start now, having upgraded from xsever to xorg. Is there any way I can have my X back? I saw in thread Routine upgrade of packages tracking etch has hosed gnome http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2005-09/1631.html that there is w

Re: X won't start after kernel compile

2005-09-08 Thread Joris Huizer
Bruno Buys wrote: Hi Jaime and Simo, I happen to be more stupid than I previously thought. My mouse is a serial. I had disabled serial stuff on .config. Now, recompiled and 2.12-5 is working ok with X. That's actually the first time I try to compile kernels. Funny thing to do. Do you

Re: X won't start after kernel compile

2005-09-06 Thread Bruno Buys
> I managed to compile a new 2.6.12 kernel using this howto: > http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/202. > The kernel boots ok and I have a prompt. But X won't start, with error > 'no core pointer' or something like that. > I alrea

Re: X won't start after kernel compile

2005-09-06 Thread Jaime Armendáriz Villalba
ption  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"EndSectionSimoOn Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 03:45:26PM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote:> I managed to compile a new 2.6.12 kernel using this howto:> http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/202.> The kernel boots ok and I have a pr

Re: X won't start after kernel compile

2005-09-06 Thread Simo Kauppi
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Simo On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 03:45:26PM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote: > I managed to compile a new 2.6.12 kernel using this howto: > http://www.debia

X won't start after kernel compile

2005-09-06 Thread Bruno Buys
I managed to compile a new 2.6.12 kernel using this howto: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/202. The kernel boots ok and I have a prompt. But X won't start, with error 'no core pointer' or something like that. I already tried to dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, but

Re: X won't start, need help to config XFree86

2004-11-17 Thread Kent West
Zachary Uram wrote: Anyways, I just installed Debian 3.0 R2 (woody) which wass packaged with kernel 2.2.18. During X setup I selected default bpp of 24 (not sure what my on-mboard video supports - it has 4 MB VRAM) and for video type selected VESA (again since not sure what card supports). GDM give

Re: X won't start, need help to config XFree86

2004-11-17 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Zachary Uram wrote: Hi everyone, This is my first post to the lists. Wow high volume of traffic on here - how do I set mode to not deliver mail so I can just read them from the web? Unsubscribe from the list. Put a note in your signature asking to be CC'd (otherwise most people will not). You can

Re: X won't start until mouse moved

2004-07-02 Thread Thomas Adam
--- chris dumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, > > This happens on system boot. If just X is stopped and started there is > no problem. This might (I can't say for sure) have begun when I switched > to a 2.6 kernel and devfs. A solution would be great but even > suggestions on avenues to explor

X won't start until mouse moved

2004-07-02 Thread chris dumont
Hi, This happens on system boot. If just X is stopped and started there is no problem. This might (I can't say for sure) have begun when I switched to a 2.6 kernel and devfs. A solution would be great but even suggestions on avenues to explore would be welcome. Thanks, Chris D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-06 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * David Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031206 17:33]: > Mark, > > I laugh that you say it sounds geek. If anything, I am contra-geek, a > masters student in Theology with barely any technical know-how other > than how to slap a computer together. Oops, I think he meant to say "Greek" rather

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-06 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 04:28:08PM -0600, David Meiser wrote: > Mark, > > I laugh that you say it sounds geek. If anything, I am contra-geek, a > masters student in Theology with barely any technical know-how other > than how to slap a computer together. He said greek, not geek. Being in theo

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-05 Thread David Meiser
Mark, I laugh that you say it sounds geek.  If anything, I am contra-geek, a masters student in Theology with barely any technical know-how other than how to slap a computer together. Peace, DAVE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:19:37 -0600, David Meiser wrote: P

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-05 Thread Mark Healey
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:19:37 -0600, David Meiser wrote: >Personally, "Give up" isn't in my vocab. Here's what you do (and what >worked for me on my Radeon 8500): >1) download/compile/install a 2.6.0 series kernel, modularizing the >Direct Rendering stuff for Radeon, and AGPGART, and whatever your

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-04 Thread David Meiser
Mark, One thing I forgot to mention on this was that I am running unstable with XF86 4.3, though it should work with XF86 4.2, as well.  Also, I say use a 2.6 series kernel because the DRI and AGPGART stuff is already in there, no need to build more modules.  Yes, it's possible.  I've done it

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-04 Thread David Meiser
Personally, "Give up" isn't in my vocab.  Here's what you do (and what worked for me on my Radeon 8500): 1) download/compile/install a 2.6.0 series kernel, modularizing the Direct Rendering stuff for Radeon, and AGPGART, and whatever your motherboard and processor specific setup is 2) Add agpga

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

2003-12-04 Thread Mark Healey
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:31:52 -0800 (PST), Mark Healey wrote: >After asking about why my X won't start I got a couple of responses >indicating that it is probably the video driver. > >Appearantly: > >1)the vesa driver doesn't work well >2)the ones from ATI >

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start

2003-12-01 Thread Erik Steffl
Mark Healey wrote: After asking about why my X won't start I got a couple of responses indicating that it is probably the video driver. Appearantly: 1)the vesa driver doesn't work well 2)the ones from ATI A)are crap B) intended for Mandrake c) available as binarie

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start

2003-12-01 Thread Tom
On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 10:19:46AM +, Richard Kimber wrote: > On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:31:52 -0800 (PST) > "Mark Healey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2)the ones from ATI > > A)are crap > > B) intended for Mandrake > > c) available as binaries only > > 3)a dedicated debian one

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start

2003-12-01 Thread Richard Kimber
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:31:52 -0800 (PST) "Mark Healey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2)the ones from ATI > A)are crap > B) intended for Mandrake > c) available as binaries only > 3)a dedicated debian one isn't available yet. Can it be used via alien? - Richard -- Richard Kimber ht

radeon and X: was X won't start

2003-12-01 Thread Mark Healey
After asking about why my X won't start I got a couple of responses indicating that it is probably the video driver. Appearantly: 1)the vesa driver doesn't work well 2)the ones from ATI A)are crap B) intended for Mandrake c) available as binaries only 3)a dedicated

Re: X won't start

2003-11-30 Thread hendrik
On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 02:37:34PM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:58:01 -0600, Kent West wrote: > > >On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:36AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > >> Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse > >> problem I'm ready to tackle X not s

Re: X won't start

2003-11-30 Thread hendrik
On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 11:17:04AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:22:03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:36AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > >> Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse > >> problem I'm ready to tackle

Re: X won't start

2003-11-29 Thread Mark Healey
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:58:01 -0600, Kent West wrote: >On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:36AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: >> Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse >> problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting. > > >Perhaps I missed it, but I never saw what your fix was. D

Re: X won't start

2003-11-29 Thread Scarletdown
On 29 Nov 2003 at 14:58, Kent West wrote: > (By posting the solution you might also be helping somoe future aarchive > searcher.) Yes, I fully agree there. I've lost count of the number of times I've researched a problem on various newsgroups and other message forums, and the search results sh

Re: X won't start

2003-11-29 Thread Kent West
On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:36AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse > problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting. Perhaps I missed it, but I never saw what your fix was. Don't leave us hanging . . . . (By posting the solution you

Re: X won't start

2003-11-29 Thread Mark Healey
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:22:03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:36AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: >> Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse >> problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting. >> >> When I boot I get a couple of attempts for gdm t

Re: X won't start

2003-11-29 Thread hendrik
On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:36AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse > problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting. > > When I boot I get a couple of attempts for gdm to start. After that > fails there is an error message stating >

Re: X won't start

2003-11-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Mark Healey wrote: Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting. When I boot I get a couple of attempts for gdm to start. After that fails there is an error message stating Fatal server error: no screens found. I tried xf86config

Re: X won't start

2003-11-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Mark Healey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse > problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting. > > When I boot I get a couple of attempts for gdm to start. After that > fails there is an error message stating > > Fatal serv

Re: X won't start

2003-11-29 Thread Mihalis I. Tsoukalos
On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:36AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse > problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting. > > When I boot I get a couple of attempts for gdm to start. After that > fails there is an error message stating >

X won't start

2003-11-29 Thread Mark Healey
Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting. When I boot I get a couple of attempts for gdm to start. After that fails there is an error message stating Fatal server error: no screens found. I tried xf86config and had to aban

Re: X Won't Start

2003-11-25 Thread Kent West
Mark Healey wrote: On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 07:44:14 -0600, Kent West wrote: Mark Healey wrote: Appearantly I have no gpm. I was surprised when I had no text mode mouse but figured that it was something I could use. Is this somethihg I might be able to install? Yes. "apt-get install gpm". Did that,

Re: X Won't Start

2003-11-25 Thread Mark Healey
. >>>>>> >>>>>> > > >>>>>>Someone Suggested that I boot knoppix and copy /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 from there to my hd and reboot. I did that. X started but with no >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>m

Re: X Won't Start

2003-11-21 Thread Kent West
th no mouse movement. Just a cursor. Get out of X11 to a plain text screen. Since X won't start that isn't a problem. Move the mouse. Do you see a white cursor block moving around on the screen? No. If you do, then you have gpm installed/running. If n

Re: X Won't Start

2003-11-21 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:24:42 -0800 (PST), "Mark Healey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Appearantly I have no gpm. I was surprised when I had no text mode > mouse but figured that it was something I could use. > > Is this somethihg I might be able to install? ..y

Re: X Won't Start

2003-11-20 Thread Mark Healey
ere to my hd and reboot. I did that. X started but with no >>>>mouse movement. Just a cursor. >>>> >>>>I have no idea where to go from here. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>Sure you do. Go with the Knoppix XF86Config-4 and change the poi

Re: X Won't Start

2003-11-20 Thread Kent West
Mark Healey wrote: On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:40:59 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Mark Healey wrote: I previously posted this under a different subject heading and got no response so I'm trying again. My X won't work with the default installation. When I boot it tries to start it

Re: X Won't Start

2003-11-20 Thread Mark Healey
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:40:59 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: >> I previously posted this under a different subject heading and got no response so I'm >> trying again. >> >> My X won't work with the default installation. When I boot it tries >> to start it and after several attem

Re: X Won't Start

2003-11-20 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Mark Healey wrote: I previously posted this under a different subject heading and got no response so I'm trying again. My X won't work with the default installation. When I boot it tries to start it and after several attempts I get a message telling me to look at the log followed by one asking i

X Won't Start

2003-11-20 Thread Mark Healey
I previously posted this under a different subject heading and got no response so I'm trying again. My X won't work with the default installation. When I boot it tries to start it and after several attempts I get a message telling me to look at the log followed by one asking if I want to try aut

RE: X won't start

2003-02-08 Thread Willem-Jan Meijer
e-mail is scanned for virusses --> -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Andy Van Hoof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: zaterdag 8 februari 2003 16:24 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: X won't start Hi,   i'm quite new to linux and i have an annoying problem...   i just reinstalled d

Re: X won't start

2003-02-08 Thread Andy Van Hoof
turday, February 08, 2003 5:08 PM Subject: Re: X won't start -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 Feb 2003 3:24 pm, Andy Van Hoof wrote: > Hi, > > i'm quite new to linux and i have an annoying problem... > > i just reinstalled debian (stable 3.0

Re: X won't start

2003-02-08 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 Feb 2003 3:24 pm, Andy Van Hoof wrote: > Hi, > > i'm quite new to linux and i have an annoying problem... > > i just reinstalled debian (stable 3.0) and used tasksel to select some > packages, one of them the kde graphical environment. >

Re: X won't start

2003-02-08 Thread Seneca
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 04:24:18PM +0100, Andy Van Hoof wrote: [please wrap your lines at ~72 characters] > i just reinstalled debian (stable 3.0) and used tasksel to select some > packages, one of them the kde graphical environment. > > after the installation i got some automated setup stuff, tel

Re: X won't start

2003-02-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 04:24:18PM +0100, Andy Van Hoof wrote: > after the installation i got some automated setup stuff, telling me to > select my gfx card etc (it's a matrox productiva g100 agp), then i > tried running startx and it crashed on me saying: no usable screens > found There should be

Re: X won't start

2003-02-08 Thread CaT
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 04:24:18PM +0100, Andy Van Hoof wrote: > after the installation i got some automated setup stuff, telling me to > select my gfx card etc (it's a matrox productiva g100 agp), then i tried > running startx and it crashed on me saying: no usable screens found Please provide yo

X won't start

2003-02-08 Thread Andy Van Hoof
Hi,   i'm quite new to linux and i have an annoying problem...   i just reinstalled debian (stable 3.0) and used tasksel to select some packages, one of them the kde graphical environment.   after the installation i got some automated setup stuff, telling me to select my gfx card etc (it's a

X won't start after cp to new drive

2002-06-08 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I installed a new harddrive and copied all directories via cp -a home usr etc ... Now X won't start as a user. X WILL start as root. I checked the Xwrapper and it has the allowed-users=console line in it. I can rescue root=/dev/hdb1 to the old drive and start X fine as a user. The permis

Re: GeForce3: X won't start!!!!

2001-10-21 Thread Krzys Majewski
Not sure if you're having the same problem, but in my case the Geforce3 would not work in any mode higher than 16bpp. Nvidia acknowledged this as a bug (but only after I'd spent a week on the it, gaah). -chris Aaron Traas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just got a new GeForc

RE: Woody: X won't start after upgrade to 4.1

2001-10-19 Thread Tim Wood
On 15 Oct 01, at 15:47, David Harrigan wrote: > Hiya, > > This posting from previous: > > Victor Julien wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > When I use xserver-xfree86-4.1.0-7 the startx command crashes right after > the > > X screen was set up. The xinit command works correct. Going back to > 4.1.0-6 >

Re: GeForce3: X won't start!!!!

2001-10-18 Thread Aaron Traas
Thanks! I must have missed that part. Worked like a charm! --Aaron Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 09:40:31AM -0400, Aaron Traas wrote: > > Yes, just now, but I'm not sure how it applies... I don't fully > > understand it, and does not mention the NVIDIA drivers. X worked before

Re: GeForce3: X won't start!!!!

2001-10-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 09:40:31AM -0400, Aaron Traas wrote: > Yes, just now, but I'm not sure how it applies... I don't fully > understand it, and does not mention the NVIDIA drivers. X worked before > I upgraded my video card (from Matrox G200). If you are running xfree86-common 4.1.0-7, it may

Re: GeForce3: X won't start!!!!

2001-10-18 Thread Aaron Traas
Yes, just now, but I'm not sure how it applies... I don't fully understand it, and does not mention the NVIDIA drivers. X worked before I upgraded my video card (from Matrox G200). --Aaron Colin Watson wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 11:45:05PM -0400, Aaron Traas wrote: > > I just got a new G

Re: GeForce3: X won't start!!!!

2001-10-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 11:45:05PM -0400, Aaron Traas wrote: > I just got a new GeForce3, and am having problems getting X working at > all. I'm using an AMD 760 based motherboard with a 1ghz Athlon and SB > Live!. > > I compiled a new kernel, and the NVIDIA kernel module and GLX package. I > mod

GeForce3: X won't start!!!!

2001-10-17 Thread Aaron Traas
I just got a new GeForce3, and am having problems getting X working at all. I'm using an AMD 760 based motherboard with a 1ghz Athlon and SB Live!. I compiled a new kernel, and the NVIDIA kernel module and GLX package. I modified XF86Config-4 as the instructions said. When I type "startx", I get

GeForce3: X won't start!!!!

2001-10-17 Thread Aaron Traas
I just got a new GeForce3, and am having problems getting X working at all. I'm using an AMD 760 based motherboard with a 1ghz Athlon and SB Live!. I compiled a new kernel, and the NVIDIA kernel module and GLX package. I modified XF86Config-4 as the instructions said. When I type "startx", I get

Re: Woody: X won't start after upgrade to 4.1 AMMENDED

2001-10-16 Thread Wayne Topa
Wayne Topa([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > > exec $REALSTARTUP > > > > > > i had the same problem: startx died, GDM login either. Applying the > > above solved it. > > > > Just upgraded and find something odd. Root can log into X with or > without the above 'fix'. Users can

RE: Woody: X won't start after upgrade to 4.1

2001-10-16 Thread Bob Koss
> > "BK" == Bob Koss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BK> You guys are all ahead of me. I'm still trying to upgrade to > BK> 4.1. > BK> > BK> How did you generate the XFConfig-4 file? I ran XFree86 > BK> -configure and it wrote a file /root/XF86Config.new. It doesn't > B

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