[K12OSN] XFree fatal error 104

[Terrell Prude', Jr.]

Hi Bert,

Take a look at your /var/log/XFree86.0.log for any error messages.

  su root
  tail -50 /var/log/XFree86.0.log | less

ought to do it. 

I ran into a situation just last Friday with the Bitstream-Vera typeface 
getting hosed after apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, so I just 
uninstalled the new bitstream-vera RPM and put the original one back on, 
and all was fine.  The symptom was that X11 kept trying to start and 
then dying, five times, and then quit, saying "sorry, too many failed 
times", and I got a CLI login prompt.  This was on K12LTSP 3.1.2.

--TP

Bert Rolston wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>I could use some help with this.
>
>I was working on a machine last night. 
>Created a new user with Webmin, gave it /bin/bash as it's shell. 
>
>Shutdown the machine.
>
>This morning I start it up, and I get the following error message/s
>
>May  6 12:34:58 WDRCSamba init: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>May  6 12:34:58 WDRCSamba /sbin/mingetty[1878]: /dev/tty4: cannot open tty: Input/output error
>May  6 12:34:58 WDRCSamba /sbin/mingetty[1879]: /dev/tty6: cannot open tty: Input/output error
>May  6 12:34:58 WDRCSamba /sbin/mingetty[1880]: /dev/tty4: cannot open tty: Input/output error
>May  6 12:34:58 WDRCSamba init: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>May  6 12:34:58 WDRCSamba init: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>May  6 12:35:01 WDRCSamba gdm[1881]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
>May  6 12:35:02 WDRCSamba gdm[1887]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
>May  6 12:35:06 WDRCSamba gdm[1889]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
>May  6 12:35:10 WDRCSamba gdm[1891]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
>May  6 12:35:10 WDRCSamba gdm[1811]: deal_with_x_crashes: Running the XKeepsCrashing script
>
>If I go into /dev and 
>  
>
>>ls -l tty? 
>>    
>>
>
>I get the following
>
>crw-rw-rw-    1 root     tty        4,   0 Jan 30  2003 tty0
>crw--w----    1 root     tty        4,   1 May  6 12:46 tty1
>crw-------    1 root     root       4,   2 May  6 12:34 tty2
>crw-------    1 root     root       4,   3 May  6 12:34 tty3
>crw-------    1 root     root       3, 142 Jan 30  2003 tty4
>crw-------    1 root     root       3, 143 Jan 30  2003 tty5
>crw-------    1 root     root       3, 141 Jan 30  2003 tty6
>
>BUT when I do a listing for different tty I get this
>
>  
>
>>ls -l ttyw?
>>    
>>
>crw-rw-rw-    1 root     tty        3, 112 Jan 30  2003 ttyw0
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