I had a similar problem earlier this year (and late last year). However it was a 3.3.* version. What happened was that I didn't have enough space left in /tmp for X to fully open. I saw a reference to core dumps - I had to delete all those, they're usually memory hogs and won't help anything at this point. If you need to know how to find them, let me know. I still have that data here, someplace (I have no memory, but computers have lots - luckily). Here's what happened to me (from an earlier posting...) Last month I wrote in because X was crashing at start up. Thanks to Ted Spradley and Jarmo Paavilainen I tracked down one culprit - not enough space in the root directory due to a core dump file. I pitched the file and got X going again. About 10 days ago it happened again, even after following the (very valid) suggestions to minimize root use. What I found (finally) all via command line - 1. I used 'df' to discover that '/' was 100% full again 2. I used 'find -time -n' to locate all files that had been modified since X started working again. 3. I then used 'du' in the respective directories to find which files were memory hogs. 4. I found Netscape is located in the root directory. Its cache file grew every time I used it, in any account. the cache files had grown large enough to consume all space left in the '/' partition. 5. I removed all the cache files via the command line, freeing up enough space to allow X to start again. Hope this helps a bit. Paul Sherman Biomedical Engineer VA Center for Engineering & Occupational Safety and Health (CEOSH) St. Louis, MO Paul.Sherman@med.va.gov > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Wells [SMTP:mwvw@adelphia.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:15 AM > To: newbie@XFree86.Org > Subject: Re: No DFP Detected Updated > > this is ridiculous. So the same thing has happened as > before. I was able to run X as another user for > one session. I had to reboot the machine and > as soon as I come back on X crashes again. > If anyone can even point me in a direction to start > hunting I would appreciate it. > > _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
