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<DIV><FONT size=2>After several attempts to "fix" the problem, I went to the
less technical approach of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>performing an upgrade reinstall on RedHat 7.2 from the
original disks. Selecting only the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Xwindows components, I refreshed the installation and Xwindows
came back upon reboot.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I even had my original desktop intact.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Maybe when I get a little more experiences with Linux and
XWindows I'll understand</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>what happened. Until then, I'm just happy I'm not forced
to going back to MS Windozs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Now back to the orignal work of correcting some network
issues.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Gary</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gthrelk@attbi.com href="mailto:gthrelk@attbi.com">Gary Threlkeld</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=clue-tech@clue.denver.co.us
href="mailto:clue-tech@clue.denver.co.us">clue-tech@clue.denver.co.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 07, 2002 7:41
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CLUE-Tech] Help - I've lost my
Xwindows</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I was working with making some changes to my network
configuration on RedHat 7.2 and I dunno - a gremlin, powersurge,
something caused my Xwindows to go south. I tried looking at
linuxoconfig ... then rebooted. The reboot senario went like
this: Smooth boot - no reported errors -- (should have gone directly to
Xwindows). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>0) Got login prompt then machine
paused - followed by:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>1) INIT: Switching to runlevel
3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> INIT: Sending
processes the TERM signal</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Starting
automount: No Mountpoints
Defined [OK]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Starting
linuxconf-setup
[OK]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>2) </FONT><FONT size=2>-- machine
then hangs --</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>3) </FONT><FONT size=2>I hit
<ENTER></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>4) </FONT><FONT size=2>login prompt
appears again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>5) </FONT><FONT size=2>I login using
user root.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>6) </FONT><FONT size=2>Goes to
command line prompt</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>7) I enter Xconfigurator and
successfully run through the questions and I am presented with a visible
window. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>8) I save and verify that it saved
to /etc/X11 under the XF86Config file name. I also verify that no .xinit
files are in the startup directory for users that might override the saved
file.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>9) From command line I
enter startx</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>10) Screen blanks to go to build Xwindow then
series of status messages ending with errors</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Could not init font
path element unix/:7100, removing from list</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Fatal server
error:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> could not open default
font 'fixed'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> XIO: fatal IO
error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests
(0known processed) with 0 events remaining</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> Then goes back to command
line</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Can anyone relate to this problem and/or help? I see
where I might be able to override parameters to startx. Could this be a
possible workaround?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Gary</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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