fc3 on old 7GB HD with 64MB Ram

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Thu Feb 3 11:10:49 UTC 2005


Duncan Lithgow wrote:
>>$ startx >X.out 2>X.err
> 
> Okay, I've run it again and I'll give you more info.
> 
> $ vi X.err
> produces:
> E325: ATTENTION
> Found a swap file by the name ".X.err.swp"
>  Owned by: root dated: Wed Feb 2 17:59:55 2005
>  File name: root/X.err
>  modified: YES
>  user name: root hostname: localhost.localdomain
>  process ID: 3114
> While opening file "X.err"
>  dated: Thu Feb 3 11:22:14 2005
>  NEWER than swap file!
> 
>         (1) Another program may be editing the same file. 
>             If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two 
>             different instances of the same file when making changes. 
>             Quit, or continue with caution. 
>  
>         (2) An edit session for this file crashed. 
>             If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r main.c" 
>             to recover the changes (see ":help recovery"). 
>             If you did this already, delete the swap file ".X.err.swp" 
>             to avoid this message.
> 
> Swap file ".X.err.swp" already exists!

This is a leftover file from a previously-crashed editing session. You 
can just remove the file .X.err.swp

> I press open to open anyway...
> produces:
> 
> X Windows System Version 6.8.1
> Release Date:17th September 2004
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.1
> Build Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.9-667 #1 Tue Nov 2 
> 14:41:25 EST 2004 i686
> Build Date: 20 October 2004
> Build Host: tweety.build.redhat.com
> 
>  Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.org
>  to make sure you have the latets version
> Module Loader present
> OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.9-1.667 (bhcompile at tweety.build.redhat.com) (gcc 
> version 3.4.2 20041017 (red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)) #1 Tue Nov 2 14:41:25 EST 
> 2004Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>  (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>  (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Feb 3 11:22:14 2005
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> 
> That's all there is in that file - two default settings. Now lets try X.out:
> Totally empty file!

That X.err is suspiciously sort; it would normally have much more 
information after that point.

> I also checked "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" that's also empty. Next idea?
> 
> I'm getting a bit worn down by this now...
> 
> Thanks so far for the help guys, Duncan

What video card do you have in this PC and what's in the "Device" 
section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf?

Can you run system-config-display? Does it appear to work?

Paul.




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