How to fix new Mandriva 2006 installation X config

[Donn]

Also, look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and look for any error messages.

On 8/14/06, Donn <dlshumway at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From a Terminal, run:
> lsmod
> and reply with output.
>
>
> On 8/14/06, joe <joe at 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 at actionline.com
> >
> >
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> Donn
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Donn
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry
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