On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:51:04PM -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 16:05, William Warren wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 10:10:57PM +1100, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 17:50, William Warren wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > 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. > > > > (Added 3/5) I'm running RH 7.3. > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > snip > > > > > > When you're at the console as "root", what about trying: > > > > > > switchdesk windowmaker > > > > > > ...then trying to run "startx" again? If that works, then you can do: > > > > > > switchdesk kde > > > > > > or > > > > > > switchdesk gnome > > > > > > ...and try to get back into X, ay? > > > -- > > > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Kuhn Media Australia > > > > Steve, > > > > Sorry, no luck: the 'switchdesk' utility completed normally, but > > when I do 'startx', it's the same gray background and nothing else > > but the mouse pointer. > > > > Bill > > > > what about non root user?
This only affects root. > ... also you might try startx > startlog.out 2>&1 > and see if you can capture what is happening. Here's the output: see also http://billhorne.homelinux.org/xfiles/ for the full versions. XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-8) / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 23 January 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17-0.13smp i686 [ELF] Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 6 03:03:48 2003 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" xinit: connection to X server lost. (I typed Cntl-Alt-Backspace) > > If all else fails, try renaming all the .gnome dirs and see if that > helps. I moved all the .gnome directories out of /root. The system rewrote them with new versions, but the problem stayed. > What was updated? I don't know. I didn't get any rpmnew files. Thanks for your help. Bill -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
