Does headless X require runlevel 5?

[Janina Sajka]

There's probably another list I should be using for this question, but
I'm not on it yet, so please advise.

Also, there's been discussion of driver issues for the ATI Rage XL on
this list, and that's the hw in the headless server I'm trying to
configure.

I have a dual i686 in a data center running a fully updated FC5 that I
will probably never touch physically. Certainly, all my users will come
in over the net. I would like them to be able to use 'ssh -X,' and to
run vnc and nx clients.

Runlevel 5 is broken. I'm presuming I need to get it working--but do I
need to focus on the local video hardware even though I'm not supporting
a local display? It would seem to me that the local video hw would not
be relevant to remote gui access--but I don't understand X particularly,
so I'm confused on what fix to pursue and how.

Additionally, it seems configs are differently located under FC5? Or is
this a function of the broken environment? My /var/log/Xorg.setup.log
complains, "FATAL: Module mach64 not found," and my /var/log/Xorg.0.log
has fatal server with "failed to initialize core devices."

Thanks in advance for pointing me in the right direction.



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mach - make a chroot - RELEASE NOTES
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Announcing the release of mach 0.9.0 - Cambria.

WHAT IS IT
----------
mach allows you to set up clean roots from scratch for any distribution or 
distribution variation supported.

This clean build root can be used to run jailed services, create disk images,
or build clean packages.

mach can currently set up roots for the following distributions:
- Fedora 4, 5      (core, updated, extras, rpm.livna.org,
                    JPackage, FreshRPMS, GStreamer)
- Fedora 1, 2, 3   (core, updated, www.fedora.us, rpm.livna.org,
                    JPackage, FreshRPMS, GStreamer)
- Red Hat 8.0, 9   (basic, updated, www.fedora.us, rpm.livna.org,
                    JPackage, GStreamer, FreshRPMS)
- Red Hat 7.2, 7.3 (basic, updated, FreshRPMS, JPackage)
- Red Hat 7.0, 7.1 (basic, updated, FreshRPMS)
- SuSE 8.1/8.2/9
- Connectiva
- Yellowdog Linux 3.0 (basic, updated, FreshRPMS)
- Yellowdog Linux 2.3 (basic, updated, FreshRPMS)
- Dave/Dina 0.0/oven/fridge

Read the README included in the distribution for a better overview.

CHANGES
-------
        - Fix livna.org and rawhide URL's (Ville)
        - Fix "revert to build list" such that it can deal with
          upgraded versions of the build packages, as well as
          deal with packages with broken post/postun scripts (Thomas)
        - make sure we refresh local repository cache with
          yum >= 2.6.0 (Nigel)
        - always recreate repository config files, so that changes
          to "location" are effective immediately (Thomas)
        - Add JPackage URL's for FC3, 4, 5 (Ville)
        - mach clean also cleans out the local repo (Thomas)

WHY WOULD YOU USE IT
--------------------
mach is helpful:
- to create minimal chroot environments to jail services in
- to create clean packages for distributions
- to catch spec file mistakes, missing buildrequires, and more

INFORMATION
-----------
mach's homepage is at http://thomas.apestaart.org/projects/mach/
mach is hosted on SourceForge; the project page is
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/mach/

There is a mailing list for development and use of mach.  See
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mach-devel

QUICKSTART
----------
a) On a Fedora 4 Core system, install the mach rpm from
   http://thomas.apestaart.org/download/mach
b) su - mach
c) mach setup base
d) mach chroot
   poke around a bit in the fresh root
e) exit
f) mach rebuild http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/4/i386/SRPMS.core/vorbis-tools-1.0.1-6.src.rpm

If all goes well, you'll get a nice freshly built vorbis-tools package.

Now go out, experiment and bug report !

MAILING LIST
------------
A mailing list has been set up for discussion of mach use and development.
Check http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mach-devel for information.
The list is low-volume.

BUGS
----
To file bugs, go to https://apestaart.org/thomas/trac

Always state what platform you are running on, if it's a clean install or
somehow updated, how I can reproduce the bug, and output of a run of
the failed command with -d (debugging).

CONTRIBUTORS
------------
Contributors to releases include
- Thomas Vander Stichele
- Ville Skytt??
- Jeff Pitman
- Rudi Chiarito
- Matthias Saou
- Nigel Metheringham
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