FC2 upgrade-X problem

[Ralph Jones]

OK, I tried that, but no help...I still can't get X up except by running 
startx from runlevel 3.

rj

At 12:46 AM 7/31/2004, you wrote:
>Hi Ralph,
>
>I upgraded my RH8.0 to FC2 a few days ago.
>Immideately after upgrade completed I ran 'yum update'
>to update all installed packages.  The FC2 box is now
>working quite nicely except with some minor problems
>e.g. Gnome theme and its application disapppeared (I
>just post).  KDE is working properly.  Please try
>update all installed packages to see whether your
>situation can be improved.
>
>B.R.
>satimis
>
>
>  --- Ralph Jones <ralph at nomeking.com> wrote:
> > I've just upgraded an FC1 installation to FC2,and
> > run into a problem
> > getting the X server to launch.
> >
> > The system had been running Gnome on an ATI Rage
> > 128. After the upgrade, if
> > I try to boot into run level 5, the X server tries
> > repeatedly and endlessly
> > to start, usually displaying a blank dark-blue
> > hi-res screen with an X
> > cursor in the center.
> >
> > I've changed inittab to boot into run level 3. From
> > there, if I try to do
> > init 5, I get the same result. However, I can
> > command startx from the
> > run-level 3 prompt, and the X server comes right up
> > with my old Gnome settings.
> >
> > Next, I made up a test script that runs all the
> > start scripts in rc5.d.
> > When I run that, it starts up all the services
> > associated with run level 5
> > -- the Samba server shows up on the network, and so
> > forth -- and I am no
> > longer able to run startx. However, if I remove the
> > xfs start script from
> > this script, I'm again able to bring up startx.
> >
> > Next, I tried removing the xfs startup script from
> > rc5.d and booting into
> > run level 5...and that put me back where I started.
> > I still can't get the X
> > server up except by running startx from the text
> > prompt.
> >
> > Suggestions? Thanks...
> >
> > rj
>
>=====
>Best Regards
>Stephen Liu
>
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