FC2 upgrade-X problem
Ralph Jones
ralph at nomeking.com
Sat Jul 31 04:16:12 UTC 2004
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
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