[wplug] Lost X server

[Weber, Lawrence A]

Well I deleted xorg.conf and retried 'startx'.  This time it worked and
the system started the gnome desktop for root.  When I logged out it
took me back to the text screen.  I restarted the pc and it booted to x
and when I logged in as a user it properly start gnome.  Great, thanks
for the help.  Only question remaining is /etc/X11/xorg.conf does not
exist, only the backup I created???
  

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-bounces+laweber=switch.com at wplug.org
[mailto:wplug-bounces+laweber=switch.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
Jonathan Billings
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:34 PM
To: General user list
Subject: Re: [wplug] Lost X server

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 02:35:48PM -0500, Weber, Lawrence A wrote:
> I recently upgraded a Fedora Core 6 installation to Fedora 9.  The 
> system was set to use the gnome desktop.  Upon completion the system 
> boots to a text screen.  X server does not appear to be running 
> (although it ran during the installation).
>  
> Running startx responds with the error "No devices detected".  
>  
> Then after a pause,
> no screens found
> giving up.
>  
> xinit: Connection refused (error 111) unable to connect to X server.
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
>  
> Any ideas what went wrong or how to recover?

Sounds like your X server isn't set up.  I suspect something in the old
Xorg.conf is breaking it.

Try moving /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup, and running
'startx' again.  It should autodetect the display and set up the X
environment automatically.  

If the file doesn't exist there already, you'll probably need to set up
an xorg.conf, which is a bit more complex and not something to get into
simply.  Try the above first, then get back to the list.

--
Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>
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