Linux installation problem.. 1

[rushtosri]

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to Linux. Recently I upgraded to Red Hat 7.1 from Red Hat 7.0. I am facing some problem. After logging in as root, if i start KDE by typing "startx" at the prompt, i get the following error screen:

(- -)SVGA : videoram : 4096K
(* *)SVGA : Using 16bpp, Depth 16, Color weight : 565
(- -)SVGA : Maximum allowed dot-clock ; 230.000 MHz
(* *)SVGA : Mode "800 x 600" : mode clock = 40.000
(- -)SVGA : Virtual resolution set to 800 x 600
(- -)SVGA : Using Linear Frame Buffer at 0x0d5400000 size 4MB
(- -)SVGA : Using Graphics Engine
(- -)SVGA : Using 1024 byte display width
(- -)SVGA : Using XAA (XFree 86 Acceleration Architecture)
(- -)SVGA : XAA : Solid filled rectangles
(- -)SVGA : XAA : Screen-to-screen copy
(- -)SVGA : XAA : Using 8128 x 128 areas for pixmap caching
(- -)SVGA : XAA : Cashing titles and non-transparent stipples
(- -)SVGA : Horizontal and Vertical lines and segments
_FontTransScocketUNIXConnect: Can't Connect:errno = 2
failed to set default font path 'Unix/:7100'
Fatal server error:
Could not open default font 'fixed'
When reporting problem related to a server crash, please send the
full server output, not just the last messages.

XIO : fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

and finally returns back to the shell prompt. I don't know where i went wrong while installing. The following are my Hardware configuration details:

AMD-K6 3D Processor
10.2GB HDD
196MB RAM (recently upgraded from 64MB)
Trident Video Accelerator 3D Image 975 with 4MB Video Ram
15" Philips Monitor

Please help me and tell me as to how i should go about it to solve it. And also can anyone tell me how to delete the swap file created during installation? I also want to know if i uninstall Linux will it affect the files which i've created already or worked on something like java or c or c++ programs which i've writtern??

Thankx in advance. Awaiting for ur mails...
With regards,
Shri.

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Looks like your xfs font server is not running for some reason or there is some problem with it. Do '/sbin/chkconfig --list xfs' . If it doesn't say 'on' at runlevel 5 thats your problem. Then do '/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 xfs on'.

To immediately start xfs do :

'/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start'

Rgds

 

[rushtosri]

Hi ifincham,

Thankx for ur reply. I tried all that what u've said but did'nt get any results. Tell me is there anything else i can do to get my system back to working?? Can u tell me if i uninstall the whole of linux, i'll be loosing all those files which i've created using vi editor or any such editors?? Actually i've writtern some programs in Java and C++ and i don't want to loose them at any cost. So i did'nt reinstalled the whole os again. Can u shed some light on this??

Thankx againg for ur reply. Awaiting for ur replies..

Shri.

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Try (as root) to remove the pid & lock files :

rm -f /var/run/xfs.pid
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/xfs

then try again... If still a problem look in '/var/log/messages' at what error messages are generated. (You can do 'tail /var/log/messages' to see the latest entries.)

Rgds

 

[timsr]

You might want ot try running Xconfigurator and reset the monitor, video card, and resolution. I have had the same problem in the past and that usually resolves it. Also, are you running Xfree 4.01 or the 3D accelerator? I have had problems in the past with the 3D accelerator.

 

[rushtosri]

Hello Everyone,

Thankx a lot for ur response. I finally got it solved. Now its working fine. I could finally make it when i run X configuration.

Once again i thank you for ur time.
With regards,
Shri.