RE: X server problem after up2date

[Roger "Peņa" Escobio <orkcu yahoo com>]

from the first e-mail you send, the server complains
about "looks you already have the X running"

did you check the X lock file?
(/tmp/.X0.lock, maybe /tmp/.X11.unix)

what the server say if you move to runlevel 3 and
then, in the command line, just run startx ?

cu
roger

--- Thom DeCarlo <t r decarlo LARC NASA GOV> wrote:

> Hi Kathy,
> I do have the latest nvidia version. 
> 
> No I'm wondering if the problems are coming from my
> attempt to replace the
> old version of gimp that redhat provides with the
> latest compiled from
> source on my computer. 
> 
> Anyone know how to force up2date to re-install (or
> remove and then install)
> packages and dependencies? 
> 
> --
> Thom DeCarlo
>
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> > bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of Kathy Bieltz
> > Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:27 PM
> > To: Discussion of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
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> > Subject: Re: X server problem after up2date
> > 
> > Thom,
> > 
> > I just upgraded to the kernel(2.4.0.21-32....)
> also, but I downloaded
> > the newest NVIDIA driver from their website and
> ran that to build
> > the new driver without any problems.
> > 
> > Try getting the newest NVIDIA driver.
> > 
> > Kathy Bieltz
> > 
> > Thom DeCarlo wrote:
> > 
> > >I've really mucked things up this time...
> > >
> > >I just ran up2date and it loaded a new version of
> the kernel
> > >(2.4.0.21-32....) and the accompanying kernel
> source and utilities.
> > >
> > >I then noticed that openGL applications were not
> using the hardware
> > >acceleration. So, I reran the NVIDIA driver
> installer (version 7174).
> > >
> > >Now when I boot I get the message "There already
> appears to be an X
> > server
> > >running on display :0. Should I attempt to try
> another display number?"
> > >
> > >Uninstalling the NVIDIA drivers doesn't make it
> any happier. Can anyone
> > tell
> > >me how to recover from here?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Thom
> > >
> > >--
> > >Thom DeCarlo
> > >---------------------------------
> > >Where are we going and why am I in this
> handbasket?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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