[Gloucs] Recent redhat 8.1 update.

[Brian Wilkinson]

I recently ran up2date on my redhat 8.1 installation and got a new kernel=
=2E=20
Unfortunately it broke X. In the messages log I got ...

Nov 17 11:03:21 localhost gpm: gpm startup succeeded
Nov 17 11:03:21 localhost crond: crond startup succeeded
Nov 17 11:03:22 localhost xfs: xfs startup succeeded
Nov 17 11:03:22 localhost xfs: listening on port 7100
Nov 17 11:03:22 localhost anacron: anacron startup succeeded
Nov 17 11:03:22 localhost xfs: ignoring font path element=20
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic (unreadable)
Nov 17 11:03:22 localhost atd: atd startup succeeded
Nov 17 11:03:22 localhost rhnsd: rhnsd startup succeeded
Nov 17 11:03:22 localhost rhnsd[840]: Red Hat Network Services Daemon sta=
rting=20
up.
Nov 17 11:03:25 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module=20
char-major-195
Nov 17 11:03:26 localhost gdm[895]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X e=
rror=20
- Restarting :0
Nov 17 11:03:26 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module=20
char-major-195
Nov 17 11:03:27 localhost gdm[898]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X e=
rror=20
- Restarting :0
Nov 17 11:03:30 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module=20
char-major-195
Nov 17 11:03:31 localhost gdm[901]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X e=
rror=20
- Restarting :0
Nov 17 11:03:35 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module=20
char-major-195
Nov 17 11:03:36 localhost gdm[904]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X e=
rror=20
- Restarting :0
Nov 17 11:03:36 localhost gdm[850]: deal_with_x_crashes: Running the=20
XKeepsCrashing script
Nov 17 11:03:44 localhost shutdown: shutting down for system reboot


Anyone got any ideas? I can get by on the previous kernel for now but I'm=
 sure=20
this will mean something to somebody.

Brian Wilkinson