>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:23:57 -0700 (PDT) >From: anthony baldwin <mrbaldwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Subject: xserver crash >Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >Uh-oh... >I logged out to let my sister have the machine for a few minutes >to check her e-mail and as soon as I did the xserver crashed. >I have never had this problem. I have only been using linux for about a >year, so I'm a little clueless what to do. >I did try to allow the machine to reconfigure and restart x, >but it could not. >I'm afraid that without the graphical environment I'm a little lost. >I tried: >& XFree86-config >and a few other variations, but that didn't work (stop laughing at me). >So...I suppose I might use my iBook and jump on redhat on freenode >to get some help, but any suggestions would be most welcomed. >(Had to boot Yech! windows 98 on this box to send this message. I haven't booted windows in about 9 months...this sucks.) >I'm afraid that I don't even know where to begin looking to solve this issue, but if you can guide me to ask the right questions, perhaps together we can find the problem. >I did look at the root mail in Pine and it seemed like it was saying >there were db4 and dbd3 errors, and, to me this seems odd, maybe a problem with yum? I don't know what yum has to do with the xserver... >I just thought yum was a nifty pkg mgr tool. I only downloaded it about a week or two before this upgrade. >Anyway, I can find my way into pine to check those messages again, but >I don't know what to look for or how to interpret most of what is there. >Any suggestions would be most highly appreciated. >I'm just so shocked. The install went great and there have been no xserver issues for the past 3 days (since upgrade). >I thought this only happened to Debian systems... > >tony > >http://www.School-Library.net >Freedom to Learn! > >-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >GED$/L/P/FA d? s: a C++ L++ W++ N++ K- w--- M+ PS++ >PE-- Y+ PGP- t+ tv-- b++(b++++) D? G e++++ h++ r--- y? >------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > Check me out. I, the ranting newbie, the linux yearling with the flowing pen and bad descriptive habits, have X running again. I checked the server output to find : (EE) i810: Failed to laod module "ddc" (module does not exist, 0) So I looked at XF86Config in Pico and found nothing referring to "ddc" and whas lost. I got a little help from #xfree86 and determined where libddc.a was supposed to be...but had disappeared. I eventually solvd the problem with the RH cds, reloaded X entirely. But, see, I am not completely helpless. Anyway, can;t figure out why it was working then the module just disappeared. Hope my hdd is not going south...Doesn;t seem to be a shrike problem, anyways, so I'll find something else to ramble on about soon enough. tony >Message: 13 >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: scrape the possum >From: Harry Putnam <hgp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:32:59 -0700 >Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >I hereby nominate Anthony B for some kind of inovation award for his >Subject line and description of the problem....! > > Stop it! You're making me blush, like a deacon who has lost his drawers in a poker game... tony http://www.School-Library.net Freedom to Learn! -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GED$/L/P/FA d? s: a C++ L++ W++ N++ K- w--- M+ PS++ PE-- Y+ PGP- t+ tv-- b++(b++++) D? G e++++ h++ r--- y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ _____________________________________________________________ School-Library.net Freedom to Learn! _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get you@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag
