On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 01:21:38AM +0200, Kari Tammi wrote: > I examined directory /usr/X11R6/lib/modules and compared it > with my friend's computer (He's got RH 7.x). > > Directory /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input is somehow corrupted > in my computer and this is probably the reason for "Cannot > start X" fault. > > I can't do anything with 'input' directory: I tried to go > in this directory, remove it, and to force install XFree86- > 4.3.0-2.90.43.i386.rpm (package contains the drivers in > this particular directory). These trials were not > successful, see the errors in the end of this message. > > Thus, I'm claiming that login in KDE desktop caused > corruption of certain files (ext3 used). Hard to believe? It looks to me like your hard drive is failing. Have a look at the end of /var/log/messages and run dmesg to confirm this. Did you startx as root or as a normal user? > Of course, I'd still like to get out of this situation and > fix the problem. Should I run fsck-command? If the disk is failing, then fsck won't do you any good. You'll need to restore from backups or re-install onto working hardware. > Commands tried and errors: > --- > #cd input > -bash: cd: input: Input/output error > > #rmdir input > rmdir: 'input': Not a directory > > # rm input > rm: cannot lstat 'input': Input/output error > > # rpm -i --force XFree86-4.3.0-2.90.43.i386.rpm > error: unpacking of archieve failed: cpio: lstat failed - > Input/output error -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
