Thanks all of you for the quick replies. I have tried the modifications told. But I still am getting the same set of error messages.
I deleted the file /tmp/.X0-lock.
I even renamed the file .Xauthority to /old.Xauthority.
And when I say startx again I got the same problem. Can I do something else, or did I miss something?
Thanks a lot again in advance.
Sarma
Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Monday 01 Jul 2002 7:59 am, vangala sarma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am newbie to this mailing list. I have linux mandrake 8.1 installed on my
> home system. the system hanged when I tried to shut it down the last time
> and I had to restart it. Since then, I am unable to boot the system in
> graphics mode. If I say startx at the root I get the following error
> messages.
>
> Xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority
>
> Xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority
>
> Xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority
>
> Xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority
>
> Fatal server error
>
> cannot read lock file /tmp/.X0-lock
>
> giving up
>
> xinit : no such file or directory(errno 2) : unable to connect to Xs! erver
>
> xinit: No such process (errno 3) : server error
>
> xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority
>
> I tried XFdrake also but could not make out anything from it. I got the
> error message Can't open lock file /tmp/.X9-lock.
>
> please help me. I absolutely have no idea what to do. I checked up if there
> is a file called .X0-lock, but there was nothing like that in the tmp
> directory of the root as well as the users.
>
> I need to get back to the graphics mode as my research is completely using
> that option. Please help .....
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Sarma Vangala
The hanging during shutdown is a known problem with LM8.1 Here is how to
resolve it
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/81errata.php3#usb
The second thing you have learned is NOT to shut down a Linux system by
hitting the reset key. Linux uses memory as a disc! cache and if you shutdown
suddenly the Hard drive does not have time to be updated and may be
corrupted. You should perform a graceful shutdown as described here
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/doc/81/en/ref.html/ts-system-freeze.html
Thirdly. You are very much less likely to get a Hard drive corruption in the
future if you select a Journalised File system. LM8.1 defaults to Ext2 file
system which is not journalised. However you can upgrade it to a journalised
Ext3 system quite easily without reinstalling or losing any data.
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/doc/81/en/ref.html/ext2fs.html
Just open Mandrake Control Centre>Hardware>Diskdrake highlight the partition
you want to convert, select Ext3 file system and 'Done'
HTH
derek
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