X-windows will not start with new kernel

Brian D. McGrew brian at doubledimension.com
Thu Aug 26 17:35:21 UTC 2004


Does it work with your previous or default kernel?

-brian

Brian D. McGrew		{ brian at doubledimension.com || 
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On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:19 AM, Dan Malvin wrote:

> 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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