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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