Also, look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and look for any error messages.
On 8/14/06, Donn <
dlshumway@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From a Terminal, run:
> lsmod
> and reply with output.
>
>
> On 8/14/06, joe <joe@tlnf.com> wrote:
> >
> > .
> > How to fix "X" config on a new Mandriva 2006 installation?
> >
> > I just did this new installation and it boots up to the command line
> > okay, but GUI does not work. When I tried 'startx' from the command
> > line, I got these messages:
> >
> > xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serveauth.4063
> > execv3 failed for /etc/X11/X (errno2)
> > xinit: Server error.
> >
> > # uname -a ... gives this result:
> > Linux localhost 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 i686 AMD
> > Athlon(TM) XP 2600+ unknown GNU/Linux
> >
> > I ran XFdrake and saw this:
> > Graphic card: S3 86C375 (ViRGE/DX)
> > Monitor: Flat panel 1280x1024
> > Resolution: 1152x864 16bpp
> > Test (ran this test and the display looked fine)
> >
> > A search for installed "X" configuration files produced this list:
> > libxorg-x11-6.9-1.cvs20050915.2mdk
> > libxorg-x11-devel-6.9-1.cvs20050915.2mdk
> > xorg-x11-xfs-6.9-1.cvs20050915.2mdk
> > xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts-6.9-1.cvs20050915.2mdk
> > xorg-x11-server-6.9-1.cvs20050915.2mdk
> > xorg-x11-xauth-6.9-1.cvs20050915.2mdk
> > xorg-x11-6.9-1.cvs20050915.2mdk
> >
> > The boot directory contains the following:
> > -rw-r--r-- 1608520 Sep 9 2005 vmlinuz-2.6.12-12mdk
> > -rw-r--r-- 71299 Sep 9 2005 config-2.6.12-12mdk
> > -rw-r--r-- 639316 Sep 9 2005 System.map-2.6.12-12mdk
> > -rw-r--r-- 254766 Sep 12 2005 message-graphic
> > drwx------ 12288 Aug 11 12:50 lost+found
> > drwxr-xr-x 1024 Aug 11 13:07 grub
> > lrwxrwxrwx 20 Aug 11 13:23 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.12-12mdk
> > lrwxrwxrwx 23 Aug 11 13:23 initrd.img -> initrd-2.6.12-12mdk.img
> > -rw-r--r-- 115686 Aug 11 13:23 initrd-2.6.12-12mdk.img
> > -rw-r--r-- 256 Aug 11 13:23 us.klt
> > -rw-r--r-- 116 Aug 11 13:23 message-text
> > -rw-r--r-- 512 Aug 11 13:23 boot.0300
> > lrwxrwxrwx 23 Aug 11 14:25 System.map -> System.map-2.6.12-12mdk
> > -rw-r--r-- 695 Aug 11 14:26 kernel.h-2.6.12-12mdk
> > lrwxrwxrwx 15 Aug 11 14:34 message -> message-graphic
> > -rw------- 308224 Aug 11 14:34 map
> > lrwxrwxrwx 19 Aug 11 21:27 config -> config-2.6.12-12mdk
> > lrwxrwxrwx 27 Aug 11 21:27 kernel.h -> /boot/kernel.h-2.6.12-12mdk
> >
> > The exact same installation worked fine on my previous Mandriva
> > installation (that apparently has a damaged hard disk).
> >
> > joe@actionline.com
> >
> >
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>
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> Donn
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> -- Dave Barry
>
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