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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=160492819-17122008>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).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=160492819-17122008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=160492819-17122008>Running startx
responds with the error "No devices detected". </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=160492819-17122008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=160492819-17122008>Then after a pause,
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=160492819-17122008></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=160492819-17122008>no screens
found</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=160492819-17122008>giving
up.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=160492819-17122008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=160492819-17122008>xinit: Connection
refused (error 111) unable to connect to X server.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=160492819-17122008>xinit: No such
process (errno 3): Server error.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=160492819-17122008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=160492819-17122008>Any ideas what went
wrong or how to recover?</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>