Re: Shrike-list digest, Vol 1 #266 - 16 msgs

[anthony baldwin <mrbaldwin school-library net>]

>Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 07:14:11 -0400
>From: Audioslave - 7M3 - Live <creed7m3live columbus rr com>
>To: shrike-list redhat com
>Subject: Re: xserver crash, etc.
>Reply-To: shrike-list redhat com
>
>
>anthony baldwin wrote:
>>>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:23:57 -0700 (PDT)
>>>From: anthony baldwin <mrbaldwin school-library net>
>>>To: shrike-list redhat com
>>>Subject: xserver crash
>>>Reply-To: shrike-list redhat com
>>>
>>>Uh-oh...
>>>I logged out to let my sister have the machine for a few minutes
>>>to check her e-mail and as soon as I did the xserver crashed.
>>>I have never had this problem.  I have only been using linux for about a
>>>year, so I'm a little clueless what to do.
>>>I did try to allow the machine to reconfigure and restart x, 
>>>but it could not.
>>>I'm afraid that without the graphical environment I'm a little lost.
>>>I tried:
>>>& XFree86-config
>
>Xfree86-config is gone. Try to run redhat-config-xfree86. That is the RH 
>replacement. This program should try to statr X and configure the server 
>again.
>

That failed.  I did try it.  The problem is that libddc.a and a few others had
somehow gotten out of line or disappeared (hdd hiccough?).

>Also, mouse mis-configuration can cause X not to start, as previous 
>posts state.
>
>Jim C.
>
>>>and a few other variations, but that didn't work (stop laughing at me).
>>>So...I suppose I might use my iBook and jump on redhat on freenode 
>>>to get some help, but any suggestions would be most welcomed.
>>>(Had to boot Yech! windows 98 on this box to send this message.  I haven't booted windows in about 9 months...this sucks.)
>>>I'm afraid that I don't even know where to begin looking to solve this issue, but if you can guide me to ask the right questions, perhaps together we can find the problem.
>>>I did look at the root mail in Pine and it seemed like it was saying
>>>there were db4 and dbd3 errors, and, to me this seems odd, maybe a problem with yum?  I don't know what yum has to do with the xserver...
>>>I just thought yum was a nifty pkg mgr tool.  I only downloaded it about a week or two before this upgrade.
>>>Anyway, I can find my way into pine to check those messages again, but
>>>I don't know what to look for or how to interpret most of what is there.
>>>Any suggestions would be most highly appreciated.
>>>I'm just so shocked.  The install went great and there have been no xserver issues for the past 3 days (since upgrade).
>>>I thought this only happened to Debian systems...

I finally determined that the error was 
(EE) i810: Failed to load module "ddc" (module does not exist (0)
I checked my XF86Config and could find nothing even erferring to this moduel.
I went to #xfree86 on freenode and someone told me to find libddc.a
which was nowhere to be found.
(input/output error when checking the directory in which they were to reside...
So I reloaded the modules from the RH CDs and I am back up and running.
Worried about my hdd, but running...

tony

>>>tony
>>>
>>>http://www.School-Library.net
>>>Freedom to Learn!
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>> 
>> 
>> Check me out.
>> I, the ranting newbie, the linux yearling with the flowing pen
>> and bad descriptive habits, have X running again.
>> I checked the server output to find :
>> (EE) i810: Failed to laod module "ddc" (module does not exist, 0)
>> So I looked at XF86Config in Pico and found nothing referring to "ddc"
>> and whas lost.  I got a little help from #xfree86 and determined where
>> libddc.a was supposed to be...but had disappeared.
>> I eventually solvd the problem with the RH cds, reloaded X entirely.
>> But, see, I am not completely helpless.
>> 
>> Anyway, can't figure out why it was working then the module just disappeared.
>> Hope my hdd is not going south...Doesn;t seem to be a shrike problem, anyways, 
>> so I'll find something else to ramble on about soon enough.
>> 
>> tony
>> 


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