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 VangalaThe hanging during shutdown is a known problem with LM8.1 Here is how to resolve it http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/81errata.php3#usbThe 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 herehttp://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/doc/81/en/ref.html/ts-system-freeze.htmlThirdly. 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.htmlJust open Mandrake Control CentreHardwareDiskdrake highlight the partition you want to convert, select Ext3 file system and 'Done'HTHderekWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comDo You Yahoo!?
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