That's the same one I'm booting into as well (2.4.18-18.8.0). I don't remember specifically which kernel I last booted when it worked as expected and which was booted when it didn't. I still have the previous one, so when I get home I may try to boot the old one and see if it makes any difference. I'm certainly no X expert, but I poked through /var/log/XFree86.0.log and didn't find anything that screamed out at me as an indicator of the problem. It all just sort of stops. Nothing is inaccessible; it's just as though it's decided to take a smoke break and leave everything on hold. Maybe I should be looking at some other log file? I guess I can consider myself lucky since this is the first problem I've encountered with X since 1996 when I started using Linux (Slackware) and had to beat the crap out of the config files to get it going. Thanks for the input so far! Brian On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Margaret_Doll wrote: > That's what I was getting after I added the new patches to the 8.0 > system > AND I ACCIDENTLY booted up in 2.4.18-14. I changed the defaullt boot > to 2.4.18-18.8.0 and gnome is working fine. > > On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 07:14 PM, Brian Schmidt wrote: > > > I've been having a problem with starting up X lately. And today I > > can't > > start it period. When I 'startx' the screen goes black, the small Red > > Hat > > splash comes up and then it just sits. It never gets to the point > > where > > the little icons start lighting up as things are being loaded. There > > is > > no disk activity. The machine isn't locked up and I can move the mouse > > around in it. It just doesn't start. The last couple of times this > > happened, I killed it and it would start fine after that. Now it > > won't. > > Any ideas? Here is what was on the console as it tried to start: > > > > [bts@clown bts]$ startx > > > > XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-72) / X Window > > System > > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > > Release Date: 23 January 2002 > > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) > > Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-11smp i686 [ELF] > > Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com > > > > Module Loader present > > OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-18.8.0 > > (bhcompile@sylvester.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red > > Hat > > Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Wed Nov 13 22:52:09 EST 2002 > > 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 Nov 21 18:03:24 2002 > > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" > > SESSION_MANAGER=local/clown.home.lan:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1018 -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
