[K12OSN] X locking up a server.

[Doug Simpson]

I recently asked about a server that was hard-locking on X.

Several things to try were presented.

For a time being, I would like the get X to just not start on the server
but still allow graphical logins from thin clients and vnc session
clients.

Eric said to change a line in the /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf file that was
supposed to make X not start on the server, but I cannot find that line in 
the gdm.conf file on this server.

0=/usr/bin/X11/X,#0=/usr/bin/X11/X

Is there some other way to do this?
We have a Chinese girl that enrolled last week and she knows no english 
and I want to get this fixed so we can let her use a terminal session in 
Chinese to help her accustom to her classes.

Sooner I can get this working, the better. . .

Thanks!

Doug Simpson
Technology Specialist
DeQueen Public Schools
DeQueen, AR 71832
simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Tux for President!

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Eric Harrison wrote:

> Doug Simpson wrote:
>> I have a wierd problem.
>>
>> I have a FC3 K12LTSP server that when booting, if you have it set to
>> boot to runlevel 5 (graphical login) it gets to the point where it
>> starts X and locks up the server. Hard lock.  You can't get different
>> consoles and you can't shell in or anything.
>>
>> If it is set to boot to runlevel 3, it will boot and run fine.  Login
>> and startx and X will run, but when you try to logout, it hard-locks the
>> server that way, too.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas about how to fix this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
> I've had a dying video card do this to me. If you have a spare card
> laying around, try swapping it out.
>
> Worse-case, you tell the server to not startup X in run level 5. Edit
> /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf  and comment out this line:
>
>
> 	# 0=/usr/bin/X11/X,#0=/usr/bin/X11/X
>
>
> if you use XDM or KDM, edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and comment out
>
> 	#:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
>
>
> -Eric
>
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