On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 00:56, Jim G. wrote: > After a "good" completion of the install, during the first boot attempt: > > 1) X is never able to start. > 2) An endless loop error messages and attempted recoveries then follows. > 3) No other modes or solutions are offered, system is useless. > > Here (below) is the quoted error log file: > /var/log/XFree86.0.log > [...snip...] > (II) Loader running on linux > (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" > (WW) Warning, couldn't open module bitmap > (II) UnloadModule: "bitmap" I've responded to about five of these today, so don't feel so bad. Mostly RHL9 users. There's a lot of threads on Linux lists about incomplete XFree86 RPMSs. Check to see that they're all there w/ rpm(1). -lava > (EE) Failed to load module "bitmap" (module does not exist, 0) > (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a > (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 > ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 > > Fatal server error: > Unable to load required base modules, Exiting... > > > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send > the full server output, not just the last messages. > This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". > Please report problems to xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > *****************( end quoted file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log )****************** > > Thank You, > Jim > jim@xxxxxxxxxxx -- l8*, -lava peace, love, UNIX(R) NOTE: When replying to a mailing list post, please be sure to reply to the /list/ and cc: or bcc: myself as I am unable to promise a timely response. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
