My wife's machine downstairs (built for us by a friend who speaks hardware; I do not) has been hitting the Diagonal Screen of Death (DSoD); it brings up the login screen with both our names, and lets you choose one. You type in userid and password, and whammo : DSoD. In that condition it does however let me login over ssh and become root. I did so, ran yum update (no trouble with that), and did a reboot. No joy. I tried startx. [root@Msgv2 ~]# startx xauth: file /root/.serverauth.1267 does not exist [....] Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed: No such device or address It referred me to wiki.x.org, where I found only discussions well over my head. But the directions there recommended trying to configure, and I tried : [root@Msgv2 log]# X -configure Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. It said : Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.1.log" for additional information. I did that : [root@Msgv2 tmp]# rm .X0-lock rm: remove regular file `.X0-lock'? y [root@Msgv2 tmp]# cd [root@Msgv2 ~]# X -configure _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running At this point, it looks to me like a catch-22 -- wie man's auch macht, is' es verkehrt. Can anybody spare me a clue? -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
