> -----Original Message----- >> From: William Warren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 1:50 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [OT?] X starts, but desktop never appears >> >> >> Sorry if this is OT in redhat-list. Pointer appreciated if so. >> >> I'm running a Dell Dimension with an S3 Virge card, 128 MB Ram, and 9 >> GB SCSI HD. The SCSI controller is an Adaptec 2940. >> >> The root user lost its X desktop during one of the up2date runs. It >> used to be there, but now it's gone. Other users are not affected. >> >> When I enter "startx" at the command prompt, I see the gray crosshatch >> background that usually preceeds my desktop, but then everything stalls with >> >> the mouse pointer showing as an "X" in the screen. I can move the mouse or >> change screen resolutions, but the desktop never appears. >> >> I have to explicitly kill the server (Cntl-Alt-Backspace) to get back to >> the command prompt. There are no error messages shown. >> >> Google hasn't been my friend on this. All suggestions welcome. >> >> Bill
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 02:51:27PM +0800, Tapang, Roderick Eugenio (GXS) wrote: > root might be using twm. its menu can be accessed by pressing the left > mouse button. No Joy: none of the buttons have any effect, singly or in combinations. > u can switch to gnome or kde via 'switchdesk gnome' or 'switchdes kde' in > the command line before running startx. Although the switchdesk utility says that it switched to gnome, I get the same result when I do "startx": grey background, mouse pointer is a big "X", and nothing else. Here's the freaky part: I went into /etc/inittab and changed the run level to '5' from '3'. After that, I rebooted and root's x session started fine, including the usual warning about logging on as root. In other words, when I reboot, I get a logon in X, and it seems to work for both root and my regular account. However, when I change /etc/inittab to runlevel '3', the problem returns. I've put both the log and XF86Config files onto an Apache server, to keep the list's bandwidth down. Please look at them whichever way is convenient: XF86Config - http://billhorne.homelinux.org/xfiles/XF86Config XF86Config-4 - http://billhorne.homelinux.org/xfiles/XF86Config-4 X session log - http://billhorne.homelinux.org/xfiles/XFree86.0.log.txt All three in one html file - http://billhorne.homelinux.org/xfiles/ Again, all suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance. Bill -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
