Do you have any old XF86config files laying around in /etc/X11/ ? (Is
that where RedHat puts them?) Note the dates on the files and think back
to when you were doing what. :) You might be able to copy over an
XF86config.old or XF86config.002.
I'm guessing that you normally boot straight into X and are now getting in
using single user mode or a rescue disk. You might be able to change the
default run level in /etc/inittab and boot normally to the CLI. startx
would then launch your GUI again once you fix it.
You might also be able to run RH's Xconfigurator to build a new XF86config
from more or less sratch. (You might have a similar xf86config tool
laying around too.) Of course, you could also fire up vi and try to fix
your XF86config that way too. Maybe start by adding a Display subsection
in the Screen section.
hth,
Greg
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Milner, Dick wrote:
> Thanks for responding.....I was just tarring off any usable stuff I had on
> my machine..
> (yes I can log in...)....Was looking for my RH disk...But I'll wait a little
> bit...
>
> This is what is in XFree86.log
>
> Setting vga for screen 0
> ATI(0): No Display subsection in Screen section "Screen0" for depth/fbbpp 8
> /8
> (II) UnloadModule: ati
> (II) UnloadModule: atimisc
> (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/atimisc_drv.0
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
> rjm
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Wyatt [mailto:awyatt@fewt.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 9:42 AM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] RH 7.3 reboot problem
>
>
> On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 09:19, Milner, Dick wrote:
> > I rebooted my machine thie morning.....And got :
> >
> > INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes...
> >
> > The grapical interface isn't working....apparently I messed something up
> > (understatement of the year)..
> > I was trying to disable the firewall before turkey break...did not reboot
> > ntil today..
> >
> > any suggestions....(besides....mock..ha..ha..mock..mock)....reinstall RH
> >
>
> Look at the newest XFree86.log in /var/logs. Whatever the error is, it
> will be listed at the bottom of the log.
>
> > rjm...
> >
>
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