Re: X Server Startup

[Joaquim Laureano <laureano@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Did you check if xfs is running?  Login in as root user and do the following:

ps -ef | grep xfs
ps -ef | grep X

if either xfs or X are running kill them and at the command type the following

xfs
startx

Hopefully this will let you know if, at least you can start X manually.  However it
fails to tell you why it failed at boot time.  Probably the /var/lo/messages could
be a better log to determine if xfs failed to start at boot time and why.  Have you
installed any new library or app lately?

I have a system which is unable to start X at boot time.  What is the reason?  Well,
last week I decided to install GIMP 2.0 which requires GTK+-2.4.0, and X seems
to be very unhappy with the case.  Since I am the only user of this system (my
development workstation) I am unwilling to waist more time to try and fix it.

On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 09:42, Bill Pickens wrote:

Good Morning:

 

Yesterday I restarted my Dell PowerEdge 6600 running Red Hat 8.0 and I received a message saying it was unable to start the X Server.  I am NOT a power Linux user and as such need LOTS of help when these problems crop up.  The final error message I get is: Could not init font path element unix/:7100  removing from list.

 

I am attaching the log and the config file.

 

I would appreciate all the help I can get, and thanks in advance!

 

Regards,

 

William E. Pickens

MIS Director

Collier County Property Appraiser

3285 Tamiami Trail East

Naples, FL  34112-4996

239-774-8367

239-774-8834 (FAX-1)

239-774-2071 (FAX-2)

 

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