Can't Start XServer

Rian rian.castillo at gmail.com
Tue Sep 26 06:59:01 UTC 2006 

Monitor is an ADI Provista model, but specifying it as Generic Monitor
worked fine
Video Card is an Sis mode, but specifying it as Generic VESA worked fine
Keyboard is a K627 Genius model (PS/2)
Mouse is an A4Tech OK-720 model (PS/2)
Here's the Xorg.conf

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "single head configuration"
    Screen    0    "Screen0"    0    0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0"    "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0"    "CoreKeyboard"
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 customize 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 "XkbMode1"    "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"
    Driver    "mouse"
    Option    "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
    Option    "Device"    "/dev/input/mice"
    Option    "XAxisMapping"    "4 5"
    Option    "Emulate3Buttons"    "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Monitor0"
    VendorName    "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor 800x600"
    HorizSync    31.5 - 35.1
    VertRefresh    50.0 - 61.0
    Option    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Videcard0"
    Driver    "vesa"
    VendorName    "Videocard vendor"
    BoardName    "VESA driver (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Screen0"
    Device    "Videocard0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    16
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth    16
        Modes "640x400"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth    8
        Modes "640x400"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Group    0
    Mode 0666
EndSection

On 9/25/06, Vladimir Kosovac <vkosovac at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, I did omit config from the command, sorry.
> Can you copy/paste contents of the xorg.conf?
> What hardware (vga, monitor, mouse, kbd) do you have?
>
> V
>
> On 9/26/06, Rian <rian.castillo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I tried executing Xorg with no parameters & Xorg with the -config
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf both resulted in a blank black screen with an X mouse
> > pointer, nothing was displayed from then on.
> >
> > On 9/25/06, Vladimir Kosovac <vkosovac at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > What happens if you run
> > >
> > > Xorg -</path/to/xorg.conf>
> > >
> > > V
> > >
> > > On 9/26/06, Rian <rian.castillo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > After running the sytem-config-display (same with the one I was
> > > mentioning
> > > > awhile back), the program created a conf file @ /etc/X11, but when I
> > try
> > > > to
> > > > start X Windows, it still looks for the conf file at these locations
> > > (see
> > > > below) and not in /etc/X11. I even tried copying /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> to
> > > the
> > > > said directories all to no avail. What seems to be the problem?
> > > >
> > > > //XF86Config
> > > > /etc/XF86Config
> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/XF86Config.PortalServer01.in.svi.ph
> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/XF86Config
> > > >
> > > > On 9/25/06, Vladimir Kosovac <vkosovac at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Your config file should be /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > > > >
> > > > > On RHEL4 you need to run `system-config-display` - usually sorts
> > > > > everything.
> > > > > If that fails, run:
> > > > >
> > > > > Xorg -configure
> > > > >
> > > > > and follow instructions.
> > > > >
> > > > > V
> > > > >
> > > > > On 9/26/06, Rian <rian.castillo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Dear All,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm using RHEL 4 ES, power tripped a while back and when Linux
> > > starts
> > > > up
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > shows this error:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I cannot start the X server <http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/#>
> > > (your
> > > > > > graphical interface). It is likely that it is not set up
> > correctly.
> > > > > would
> > > > > > you like to view the X server output to diagnose the problem?
> > (Y/N)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I then tried running the configuration program and this is what
> it
> > > > found
> > > > > > out:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Could not find config file
> > > > > > tried
> > > > > > //XF86Config
> > > > > > /etc/XF86Config
> > > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/XF86Config.PortalServer01.in.svi.ph
> > > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/XF86Config
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The configuration program then finished but the error still
> > > persists..
> > > > > Can
> > > > > > anyone help?
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