Help needed Fedora Core 4 install problem, X server does not start
Bob McClure Jr
robertmcclure at earthlink.net
Mon Jun 20 21:45:09 UTC 2005
On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 02:18:19PM -0700, Leila Lappin wrote:
>
>
> --- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 01:48:54PM -0700, Leila
> > Lappin wrote:
> > >
> > > --- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 01:30:36PM -0700, Leila
> > > > Lappin wrote:
> > > > > I installed Fedora Core 4 today. But several
> > > > things
> > > > > failed and one of them may be causing the
> > problem
> > > > that
> > > > > X server ( graphical interface) is not coming
> > up.
> > > > I
> > > > > get a dialog box popping up with this message:
> > > > >
> > > > > I cannot start the X server ( your graphical
> > > > > interface). It seems that the pointer device
> > > > (your
> > > > > mouse) is not set up correctly. Would you
> > like to
> > > > > view the X server output to diagnose the
> > problem?
> > > > >
> > > > > Now I seem to be in text mode, what do I need
> > to
> > > > do
> > > > > next?
> > > >
> > > > I've not yet seen FC4, but in FC3, the command
> > to
> > > > run is
> > > >
> > > > system-config-mouse
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > --
> > > > Bob McClure, Jr.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help. I did what you suggested.
> > A
> > > dialog box popped up to choose the mouse type.
> > The
> > > right one was highlighted so I just pressed pf12
> > to
> > > move to the next screen. The dialog box went away.
> >
> > > Two lines of diagnostics are showing on the
> > console:
> > >
> > > Shutting down console mouse services: ok
> > > Starting console mouse services: ok
> > >
> > > What should I do now?
> >
> > Try running X from the command line using
> >
> > startx
> >
> > If the GUI comes up successfully, exit it. If it
> > doesn't, you may
> > need to run
> >
> > system-config-display
> >
> > Then, check to see if you are still configured for
> > runlevel 5 (GUI
> > login) by
> >
> > fgrep initdefault /etc/inittab
> >
> > If it says
> >
> > id:3:initdefault:
> >
> > edit that file and change that line to say
> >
> > id:5:initdefault:
> >
> > Then reboot and the GUI login should come up.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems,
> > Inc.
> > robertmcclure at earthlink.net http://www.bobcatos.com
> > God is more interested in our availability than our
> > ability.
> >
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> While I was waiting for some more clues I did the
> following, I ran startx but got the following messages
> (do these give any clues what to do?):
>
>
>
> (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Mon Jun
> 20 17:09:42 2005
> (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> (EE) R128(0): No DFP detected
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
> No such fie or directory
> (EE) Mouse0: cannot open input device
> (EE) PreInit failed for input device Mouse0
> No core pointer
>
> Fatal server error:
> Failed to initialize core devices
>
> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
> At http://wiki.X.Org
> For help.
> Please also check the log file at
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log for additional information.
> X10: fatal 10 error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on
> X server ;0.0 after 0 requests (0 known processed)
> with 0 events remaining.
Did you try running
system-config-display
If that doesn't work, try
system-config-display --reconfig
The right mouse info needs to get plugged into the xorg.conf file.
Cheers,
--
Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net http://www.bobcatos.com
God is more interested in our availability than our ability.
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