On Thursday 26 April 2001 14:37, you wrote:
Dear friends:
Unfortunately, when I type the command
#service xfs restart
I get FAILED.
Similarly, when I type
#/etc/rc.d/init.d/./xfs restart
I also get FAILED.
Same thing happens whether I type the command as user or root.
And the same also for the command startx as user or root.
When I type /etc/rc.d/init.d/./xfs status
I get
xfs is dead, but pid file exists.
When I reboot, I get green OK check marks for everything, including
Restarting X font Server.
I feel trapped in the console and have no idea what the problem is or
how to solve it.
Thanks so very much.
Benjamin
Well I had the same problem some time ago with a Mandrake 7.1, it had
appeared after I did some modifications I don't remember.
Here are some clues.
First there was a file in /var/lock/subsys/ called xfs which you might want
to remove to stop the thing properly.
Then try launching xfs by hand. I mean not using the script.
The command should be something like
% /usr/X11R6/bin/xfs -port -1 -daemon
check the man page.
Then try startx. As far as I remember this worked for me and on the next
reboot everything was fine again. But as I said it was some time ago.
Aris
