[FC1] Can't start the X server anymore... What can I do??

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 19.05.2004 schrieb Coume - Lubox.com um 20:03:

> I was in the middle of the last FC2 CD download... when my computer
> crashed on more time!
> But now I cannot boot anymore, I mean the X server cannot start anymore,
> and it tries to reconfigure it but with no luck :(
> 
> What are my options?

First step to fix the X issue would be to look into
/var/log/XFree86.0.log for error messages.

> Knowing that I just miss one iso, CD2. Is it possible to download it
> from a command line and then manage to burn the 4 isos from the command
> line? But to do so, I need to start ppp0 :(
> I don't know how to do that to :(

Depends on you ppp connection. For ADSL you could use "adsl-start" to
connect. Else try "ifup ppp0".

To get the ISO image file use "wget -c
ftp://ftp.server.of.your.choice/path/FC2-i386-disk4.iso".

To burn it run "cdrecord -v FC2-i386-disk4.iso", given that you
configured /etc/cdrecord.conf to know about your burner device. To know
which device it is run "cdrecord -scanbus".

> Or is there a way to reconfigure XF86 to a default config to boot again?
> I tried to use the backup XF86 config but do not want to boot either...

As I said, read the logfile.

> Any help is welcome :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo

Alexander


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