Upgrading FC1 to FC3 breaks X
Jon Glueckstein
jglueckstein at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 20 18:34:15 UTC 2005
--- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 07:33:23PM -0800, Jon
> Glueckstein wrote:
> >
> > --- Jon Glueckstein <jglueckstein at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > --- mylar <micros50 at computer.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yes, maybe we can help if you help us. What
> kind
> > > of
> > > > system are you
> > > > installing. What type of graphics adapter and
> > > > moniter. Toss us some
> > > > details man and we'll give it our best.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 22:35, Jon Glueckstein
> > > wrote:
> > > > > Hello listers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry to be posting Fedora questions in the
> Red
> > > > Hat
> > > > > area.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a Compaq Presario 2100us laptop that
> dual
> > > > boots
> > > > > XP and Fedora. I had Fedora Core 1 working
> just
> > > > the
> > > > > way I wanted, so I figured it was time for
> an
> > > > upgrade!
> > > > >
> > > > > The upgrade went very smoothly. The first
> thing
> > > I
> > > > > tried to do was boot XP and it worked fine.
> > > Then
> > > > I
> > > > > tried to boot Fedora Core 3 and it hung when
> it
> > > > tried
> > > > > to start the red hat graphical boot.
> > > > >
> > > > > I removed the rhgb from the kernel line in
> Grub
> > > > and
> > > > > tried again. It booted normally, all
> services
> > > > came up
> > > > > including my wireless card! When it
> detected
> > > new
> > > > > hardware, it found my graphics card, and I
> told
> > > it
> > > > to
> > > > > configure it. But then when it went to the
> > > > graphical
> > > > > login screen, it hung in the same way.
> > > > >
> > > > > So, this time I changed the Grub kernel line
> to
> > > > skip
> > > > > rhgb and go to runlevel 3. Booted up fine.
> I
> > > was
> > > > > able to log in. But startx caused the
> computer
> > > to
> > > > > hang in the same way.
> > > > >
> > > > > Right now, I'm out of ideas. Can anybody
> help?
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Jon
> > > > >
> > >
> > > Here are some more details:
> > >
> > > I was using Fedora Core 1. I upgraded to Fedora
> > > Core
> > > 3 using the iso images I downloaded. Upgraded,
> not
> > > clean install. Everything appears to work fine
> > > except
> > > for X.
> > >
> > > My laptop is a Compaq Presario 2100us.
> > > Processor: Intel Celeron Processor - 1.6 GHz
> > > Cache: 128 KB (L2)
> > > Memory: 256 MB DDR SDRAM (1 x 256 MB) at 266 MHz
> > > Video Graphics: ATI MOBILITY RADEON AGP 4X and
> 3D
> > > architecture
> > > Video Memory: 64 MB DDR SDRAM (shared)
> > > Display: 14.1 inch XGA TFT (1024 x 768)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jon
> > >
> >
> > And here's the latest news. I learned that FC3
> uses
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf for configuration. Here is the
> > file that the Fedora install program set me up
> with:
> > ===========================================
> > # XFree86 4 configuration created by
> > redhat-config-xfree86
> >
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > Identifier "single head configuration"
> > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Files"
> >
> > # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.
> Note,
> > this is the name of the
> > # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").
>
> > There is normally
> > # no need to change the default.
> > # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are
> > concatenated together)
> > # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font
> > server independent of
> > # the X server to render fonts.
> > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> > FontPath "unix/:7100"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Module"
> > Load "dbe"
> > Load "extmod"
> > Load "fbdevhw"
> > Load "glx"
> > Load "record"
> > Load "freetype"
> > Load "type1"
> > Load "dri"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >
> > # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be
> user-controlled
> > (eg, with xset(1))
> > # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
> > # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment
> > XkbDisable.
> > # Option "XkbDisable"
> > # To customise the XKB settings to suit your
> keyboard,
> > modify the
> > # lines below (which are the defaults). For
> example,
> > for a non-U.S.
> > # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> > # Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
> > # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you
> can
> > use:
> > # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
> > #
> > # Then to change the language, change the Layout
> > setting.
> > # For example, a german layout can be obtained
> with:
> > # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
> > # or:
> > # Option "XkbLayout" "de"
> > # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
> > #
> > # If you'd like to switch the positions of your
> > capslock and
> > # control keys, use:
> > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
> > # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
> > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
> > #
> > Identifier "Keyboard0"
> > Driver "kbd"
> > Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> > Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Mouse0"
>
=== message truncated ===
> Every machine I have upgraded from FC1 to FC2 (and,
therefore, FC3)
> has required that I manually run
system-config-display. You might
> also need to run system-config-mouse, not
necessarily in that order.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems,
Inc.
> robertmcclure at earthlink.net http://www.bobcatos.com
> The best home improvement manual is the Bible.
Bob,
I did not know of those scripts. Thanks for making me
aware of them.
I booted into runlevel 3 and ran system-config-mouse.
It ran in text mode and I was able to make a
selection. My mouse is active in text mode. However,
that did not fix the problem with X hanging when I try
to get into graphical mode.
I also ran system-config-display, which gave me the
following output:
=================================
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py",
line 27, in ?
import xf86config
ImportError: No module named xf86config
=================================
I think that means I'm missing a python module called
xf86config?
Thanks,
Jon
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