X doesn't start

[Smith, Albert]

Rerun redhat-config-xfree86

Albert Smith
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
HPCSA, RHCT
Genex Services
440 E. Swedesford Rd.
Wayne, PA 19087
albert.smith at genexservices.com
(610) 964-5154
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Deboo Geek
> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 5:11 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases; redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: X doesn't start
> 
> I had a normal working X a few days back. I have a dual bot 
> system and needed an app for a few days to work on som 
> eproject so did not boot in to linux for some days. Now when 
> I boot in to linux, neither do I get the gdm screen for login 
> nor can I start X from console. I got the error : "Failed to 
> load default font fixed.
> 
> This PC has an Intel 865GF MB which is not detected by the 
> kernel 2.4.x which I'm on but still X was doing okay. I tried 
> booting off of knoppix and copying knoppix's XF86Config but 
> now I get the error : No screens found. How is knoppix able 
> to start X and when I copy i t's XF86Config, that doesn't work?
> 
> I kept looking for some tool to configure X, but there's no 
> console tool I could find. There used to be xf86config in old 
> RH systems but even that is not in Fedora, stramge! I have 
> searched the Fedora install CDs but there's no such tool
> 
> This raises another question:  Is there a rpm equivalent to 
> Debian's apt-cache search and apt-cache show commands?
> 
> Deboo
> 
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