[Herefordshire] Mandrake misbehaving

[Noel McG.]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Stephens" <foolfodder at gmail.com>
To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Herefordshire] Mandrake misbehaving


I may be on the wrong track entirely but does startx do anything?

Yes, it brings up a long page of text saying that X is not this, not that
etc and telling you to look at a log file which it specifies.   That however
comes up as an error.
I think that what this all comes to is that X is either not properly
installed/loaded in the first place.


 think I found my Xorg.log file in /var/log called Xorg.0.log

Ben

On 6/2/05, Noel McG. <herlinux at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Julian,
>
> > X (the display mgr) isnt starting properly. To attempt a restart, login
> > as root, then type kdm .
>
> No, nothing, just rolls over to another prompt.
>
>
> This should start the display environment. If
> > this fails, it may be because another X is running, or X is
> > misconfigured. If it works, login as normal ,and correct the fault by
> > using the mandrake control center. There's a means in there to allow X
> > to start on boot, I'm sure.
> >
> > Dianosing why X isnt starting, can be done by logging in at the console,
> > then viewing the X log file. I cant quite rememnber where it will be, as
> > this depends on whether you have X.org, or XFree86 (which was the
> > earlier version).
> >
> > Its probably not so difficult to fix, and something that could be done
> > at the next LUG.
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > JUlian
> >
> > >2.I have not added or removed any programmes.
> > >
> > >3.Whilst going through the boot up I keep getting the 'system appears
to
> > >have been shut down uncleanly' and asked to do the integrity check,
which
> I
> > >do.
> > >This then results in this  'File system marked as not cleanly mounted.'
> > >
> > >4.When at the localhost or root prompt I try startx I get a long page
> ending
> > >in
> > >XIO    fatal IO error  104 (connection reset by peer) on X server
":0.0"
> > >
> > >5. I have tried the 'rescue' mode and 'upgrade' from the CD.  I did not
> go
> > >for a complete re-install as I seem to remember that will repartition
and
> > >wipe everything out, which is what I am trying to avoid.
> > >
> > >Any ideas please.  Thanks.
> > >
> > >Noel.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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