Sorry to bother you. Please ignore the previous message. I just figured out the cause for the crash: root partition was full and the system was unable to dump temporary files to /tmp. I cleared some files under /, and everything comes back to normal. ---Ray On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Ray Chen wrote: > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 20:43:33 -0500 (CDT) > From: Ray Chen <raychen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: X server crash at reboot > > Hi, there, > > I am using a redhat 7.1 Linux on my desktop with AMD XP 1800+. > In order to run a data analysis application AIPS++, I downloaded > some needed Xwindows libraries such as tcl.so, tk.so probably not > in the same version with my old X11 libraries (can't realy > remember). After I reboot the system, it can't go to the normal > X server login mode, but instead go to level 3 login mode. I can > login as either root or ordinary user but without Xwindow running, > just one black screen. I try to run startx after login, but got > error messages which I also find in /var/log/XFree86.0.log. I want > to recover the system. But I had no experience. So I am seeking > advice from you. What should I do? Get the installation CD for > redhat 7.1 and reinstall the whole system? Or skip part of it, > just install the X11 part? Or I can just download new X11 and > update to the new X11? > > I hope anyone can give me a hand. That'll be highly appreciated. > > -------- RAY --------- > --------------------- > | In god men trust; | > | On science men rely.| > | (217)244-5469(O) | > | (217)328-0568(H) | > --------------------- > > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
