xorg install - X won't start completely

[Tom Mitchell]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:38:12AM -0500, TGS wrote:
> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 00:38:12 -0500
> From: TGS <spam at tachegroup.com>
> To: "fedora-test-list at redhat.com" <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: xorg install - X won't start completely
> Reply-To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> 
> Not sure that this will help, but I had to do the following to get past the
> black screen and the hung rhgb boot process.
> 
> 1 - add in the /usr/X11R6/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf

Which is correct or when did /etc/ld.so.conf.d arrive.

I found an ld.so.conf.rpmnew file that I had not disposed of (my date,
March 8). It has one line:

  include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf

Is this the new or an old way and if new then would adding
/usr/X11R6/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf.d/X11R6.conf be better.

> 2 - do a ldconfig -v

I get numerous non X11 errors:
Is there a general way to clean these up?
    # ldconfig -v | grep cannot
    ldconfig: Can't stat /usr/lib/qt-3.1/lib: No such file or directory
    ldconfig: Can't stat /usr/lib/qt-3.2/lib: No such file or directory
    ldconfig: Cannot stat /usr/lib/libnetsnmp.so: No such file or directory
    ldconfig: Cannot stat /usr/lib/libnetsnmpagent.so: No such file or directory
    ldconfig: Cannot stat /usr/lib/libnetsnmphelpers.so: No such file or directory
    ldconfig: Cannot stat /usr/lib/libnetsnmpmibs.so: No such file or directory
    ldconfig: Cannot stat /usr/lib/libsnmp.so: No such file or directory

> 3 - trash all in tmp, including all the .* files and directories
> 4 - do a chkconfig xfs on
> 5 - boot without the rhgb kernel option,
> 6 - reboot again and it all worked.
> 
> Thanks to all that provided those tidbits in a few posts.
> 
> on 3/22/2004 11:56 PM, Maynard Kuona at knxmay001 at mail.uct.ac.za wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 20:57 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
> >> Jim Shepherd wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 20:17 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>> This is a shot in the dark. I cleared the /tmp directory out of all
> >>>> lingering files, Then I rebooted and the problems went away, X now starts.
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Completely cleared out my /tmp and /var/tmp directories and still get
> >>> the same error.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>> Looking at your XFree error file, you have similar computer specs as I
> >>>> have. 810 video anyway. Here is what the video section looks like. It
> >>>> seems to be working alright.
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> My Screen section seems to be set up exactly like yours, except you seem
> >>> to have an i815 while I seem to have an i810.  What modules are you
> >>> loading in the Modules section?
> >>> 
> >>> -Jim
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> This excerpt is from XF86Config. My card is an 815 and didn't work with
> >> several distributions, but seems to work with RH or Fedora.
> >> (800 MHz P III)
> >> 
> >> I was worried that it stopped working with xorg originally.
> >> 
> >> Have you tried running system-config-display to try to get x working?
> >> There might be documentation on dumping system-config-xfree86, but I
> >> didn't realize it until after X wouldn't start.
> >> My file was generated by system-config-display as root user.
> >> 
> >> Jim C.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Section "Module"
> >>          Load  "dbe"
> >>          Load  "extmod"
> >>          Load  "fbdevhw"
> >>          Load  "glx"
> >>          Load  "record"
> >>          Load  "freetype"
> >>          Load  "type1"
> >>          Load  "dri"
> >> EndSection
> >> 
> >> 
> > Also, xorg supports running without XF86config. I used this to fix mine
> > after it wouldn't find my fonts. Although it was running at limited
> > resolution.
> > 
> 
> 
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