I think the most you should need to reinstall would be the RH XFree86 RPMs that came with your distribution. And perhaps there is a subset that just contains the server and modules. Mark. On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Ganesh K.B. wrote: > so would the only solution would be to reinstall RH > completely? > > --- Mark Vojkovich <mvojkovi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > You are missing > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a > > which is a required XFree86 module. It appears that > > you > > have an incomplete or corrupted XFree86 > > installation. > > > > I have heard of such problems on RedHat9 (and > > only RedHat9) > > before. If the server was running previous, you had > > a > > libbitmap.a at one time. I don't know what has been > > happening > > to this library on RH9. > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Ganesh K.B. wrote: > > > > > hello, > > > i installed RH9 on my computer(128MB RAM, 1.2GHz) > > > yesterday and worked > > > without any problems whatsoever till today when > > > suddenly, once when i > > > booted up linux, the X Server seemed to have been > > > struck with some > > > problem. everything loaded fine and then instead > > of > > > the GDM login > > > manager, this blue screen came up with a dialog > > box > > > that said: "I cannot > > > start the X server(your graphical interface). It > > is > > > likely that it is > > > not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X > > > server output to > > > diagnose the problem?" Clicking on yes gave me a > > > report of which i > > > couldnt make out anything. clicking on exit in > > that > > > dialog box brought > > > me to a dialog that said "would you like me to try > > to > > > run the X > > > configuration program? Note that you will need the > > > root password for > > > this. when i clicked yes, after a few attempts, it > > > said "couldn't start > > > X Server. Trying with a fresh configuration. > > Trying > > > with card: intel > > > 810"..that too dint work and then, it brought me > > back > > > to the command > > > line prompt asking me to login..and use the > > textual > > > mode..i have no idea > > > what went wrong where..it worked flawlessly for > > just a > > > little less than > > > a day(about 3 reboots in all). > > > > > > i am using XFree v4.3.0 that came with Red Hat > > Linux > > > 9. my video card is > > > an intel 810 and a samsung 55E monitor. i have > > > attached the xfree86 log > > > and config files as needed..hope someone can help > > me > > > out with this problem.. > > > > > > thanks for your help, > > > cheers, > > > ganesh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > > Too much spam in your inbox? Yahoo! Mail gives you > > the best spam protection for FREE! > > http://in.mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages > Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
