X-windows will not start with new kernel

Dan Malvin dmalvin at dunwoody.edu
Thu Aug 26 17:19:18 UTC 2004


I installed RHEL 3.0 runs and selected gnome as windows windows manager
during setup.  The computer comes with an integrated ATI Rage-XL
PCI-based VGA controller with 4 MB of PC100 SDRAM, RHEL detected it as
ATI Mach64.  Anyhow, X works fine at this point.

I downloaded and compiled the 2.4.27 kernel.

When I boot up, I get this error message I expect to see the gui login
screen:
"I cannot start the X server (your graphical interface).  It is likely
that it is not set up correctly.  Would you like to view the X server
outpout to diagnose the problem?"

Here is the output:
XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 release: 4.3.0-62.EL)
Release Date: 15 August 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-4.ELsmp i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 04 March 2004
Build Host: tweety.devel.redhat.com

Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.27-smp-pptp
(root at gateway.dunwoody.tec.mn.us) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat
Linux 3.2.3-39)) #2 SMP Thu Aug 26 06:41:53 CDT 2004
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Aug 26 11:58:18 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"


The /var/log/XFree86.0.log file doesn't show any (WW), (EE), (NI), or
(??) markers.

Did I miss something in menuconfig when I compiled the 2.4.27 kernel?

Thanks,

Dan Malvin





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