Can you telnet to the system? Norm wrote: > You've already got the Configuration File which was posted before with just > the recommended change of the FontServer socket. I'm not sure how to get a > log file if I have to cycle power to regain control of the system because > the process is cycling and uninterruptible. I suppose I could try to write > a Q&D shell script to sleep for a few seconds and then perform a shutdown. > Do you think this would work? > > Norm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bukie Mabayoje" <bukiemab@xxxxxxx> > To: <xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 3:19 PM > Subject: Re: Partially successful installation/startup > > > Post the log and configuration file when you try to start X automatically. > > > > Norm wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Bukie Mabayoje" <bukiemab@xxxxxxx> > > > To: <xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 7:31 PM > > > Subject: Re: Partially successful installation/startup > > > > > > > You need to update the Font Server Port # in your configuration file. > > > > Change the line FontPath "unix/:-1" to FontPath "unix/:7100" > > > > > > > > Norm wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sorry for the delay but I don't get on the 737 very often any more. > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, while I was watching it boot today, I noticed that during > the > > > boot > > > > > process it said that the startup of the Font Server failed. That's > > > probably > > > > > why we can't execute 'init 5' to start X Window. Since we can > execute > > > the > > > > > 'startx' script, everything we need is obviously there, but, I'd > guess, > > > not > > > > > in the right places. What do I need to do to get the Font Server to > > > start > > > > > up during bootup? > > > > > > > > Go into /etc/init.d directory and search for xfs. > > > > Login as root > > > > do ./xfs start > > > > Did it start or failed? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Okay -- quick summary: > > > 1. Linux based on RedHat 6.2 with 2.2.18 kernel with Real-Time Linux > v3.1 > > > patches applied. > > > 2. Pentium III on a Single Board Computer with on-board Chips & > Technology > > > (C&T) 69000 AGP with 2 MB video memory. > > > 3. If we try to execute 'init 5' the system goes into a endless -- and > > > uninterruptible -- cycling of trying and failing to start the X Window > > > system > > > 4. If, at a text shell prompt, we execute 'startx' the X Window system > > > starts perfectly. > > > 5. During bootup one of the messages is that the X-Font Server failed > to > > > start. > > > > > > A. I changed the FontPath line in the XF86Config file as directed > above. > > > B.. I executed '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start' and it (apparently) > > > succeeds. > > > BUT .. trying to execute 'startx' afterwards fails with the > message > > > [not exact wording] > > > "...can't find font: fixed ..." > > > and the system starts the endless trying-to-start-and-failing > loop. > > > It was necessary to change the FontServer back to -1 in order to > > > have 'startx' work. > > > AND 'init 5' fails as before. > > > > > > Clearly we can manually execute 'startx' after logging into a text shell > > > each time but we'd really like to get it to happen automatically on > bootup. > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > Norm > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > XFree86 mailing list > > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
