X Server Configuration?

[Partho Protim Paul]

p.s. its " less /var/log/Xorg.0.log " as in " $ ess /var/log/Xorg.0.log "
and not " less less /var/log/Xorg.0.log"
sorry for the double post
cheers
partho

On 11/12/05, Partho Protim Paul <penguin.partho at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> xorgcfg --textmode or else X -config, fill up the details.
> good luck!!
> cheers
> partho
>
> On 11/2/05, Nathaniel Stickney <firewielder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Running "less less /var/log/Xorg.0.log" outputs "file not found"; "rpm
> > -qa | grep xorg" outputs:
> >
> > xorg-x11-Mesa libGLU-6.8.2-31
> > xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-31
> > fonts-xorg-base-6.8.2-1
> > xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-31
> > xorg-x11-twn-6.8.2-31
> > fonts-xorg-75dpi-6.8.2-1
> > xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-31
> > xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-31
> > xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-31
> > fonts-xorg-100dpi-6.8.2-1
> > error: rpmdbNextIteraror: skipping h# 516 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD,
> > key
> > ID 4f2a6fd2
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:29:48 -0500
> > From: Nathaniel Stickney <firewielder at gmail.com>
> > Subject: X Server Configuration?
> > To: fedora-list at redhat.com
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> > Yesterday afternoon I installed Fedora Core 4 on my main desktop, and as
> > far
> > as I can tell, everything is working correctly, but I cannot get any GUI
> > sessions started, and I get a message "I cannot start the X server (your
> > graphical interface). It is likely that it is not set up correctly.
> > Would
> > you like to view the X server output to diagnose the problem?" when I
> > reboot; choosing <Yes> leads to a text login prompt; <No> does the same.
> > I
> > have not used Linux in a few years (due to being on a restrictive DoD
> > network), but the Suse 9.0 that was on my computer before and a Knoppix
> > disk
> > both worked fine with my hardware -- relevant parts listed below.
> >
> > ABIT NF7-S v2.0 motherboard, bios 27
> > 3x 512MB Corsair PC3200 ram
> > ATI Radeon 9800XT video card
> > Western Digital WD740GB and WD2500JB hard drives
> >
> > Any ideas would be tremendously appreciated!
> >
> > --
> > -Nathaniel H. Stickney
> >
> > Amendment II:
> > A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free
> > state,
> > the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
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> > Message: 7
> > Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:33:14 +0000
> > From: Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com>
> > Subject: Re: X Server Configuration?
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> > Nathaniel Stickney wrote:
> >
> > > Yesterday afternoon I installed Fedora Core 4 on my main desktop, and
> > as
> > > far as I can tell, everything is working correctly, but I cannot get
> > any
> > > GUI sessions started, and I get a message "I cannot start the X server
> > > (your graphical interface). It is likely that it is not set up
> > > correctly. Would you like to view the X server output to diagnose the
> > > problem?" when I reboot; choosing <Yes> leads to a text login prompt;
> >
> > less /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> >
> > go to the end and look for the earliest (EE) errors for clues.
> >
> > -Andy
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> > Amendment II:
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> > infringed.
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