Upgrading FC1 to FC3 breaks X

Bob McClure Jr robertmcclure at earthlink.net
Sun Feb 20 20:32:35 UTC 2005


On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 10:34:15AM -0800, Jon Glueckstein wrote:
> 
> --- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
> <much snippage>
> 
> > Every machine I have upgraded from FC1 to FC2 (and,
> therefore, FC3)
> > has required that I manually run
> system-config-display.  You might
> > also need to run system-config-mouse, not
> necessarily in that order.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -- 
> > Bob McClure, Jr.
> 
> Bob,
> 
> I did not know of those scripts.  Thanks for making me
> aware of them.
> 
> I booted into runlevel 3 and ran system-config-mouse. 
> It ran in text mode and I was able to make a
> selection.  My mouse is active in text mode.  However,
> that did not fix the problem with X hanging when I try
> to get into graphical mode.
> 
> I also ran system-config-display, which gave me the
> following output:
> =================================
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py",
> line 27, in ?
>     import xf86config
> ImportError: No module named xf86config
> =================================
> 
> I think that means I'm missing a python module called
> xf86config?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jon

I suppose so.  But I'm not a python wonk, so I'll have to pass the
baton to someone else.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
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