RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

[tom]

Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

>On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, tom wrote:
>> What is the next step to trouble shoot a frozen
>> keyboard and mouse when running a Xserver?
>>
>
>*WHY*  Don't you value your data?  Or do you like using ancient
>technology?

No data of value on drive, and I find using ancient technology
okay if it works, and the most flexable/reliable because it's
old, and well known.


>> GUI:
>>
>> Problem: the X server locks up the mouse and keyboard
>>  on GUI activation.  From CLI, type in

>You can't ssh into the box?  What about SYSRQ ?

Nada.  Completely frozen.  Sits there like a turkey.


>> As long as I remain using the CLI, everything works
>> okay.  However, I would like to try out the GUI.
>
>I'm not clear on why you think the mouse & keyboard are locked up, when
>they dont' ever work under X, from your description.  In order for them to
>lock up, they'd have to actually work at some point in time under X.

Under Command Line ( init 3 ), the keyboard works, but if left
for up to 2 minutes untouched, keyboard then freezes. 5 minutes later,
monitor screen goes dark.

On Mother Board, I can confirm settings for power management turned
off.  PNP turned off.

( This is why I'm thinking apm services sounded logical to me ).

If I 'startx', 'startkde', 'gnome-session', I get a keyboard
and mouse freeze.  Under startkde and gnome-session, I get error
messages ( for kde, error's reporting no display defined, under
gnome session, I get python errors ).


>/etc/init.d/apmd stop  ??
>or worst case:
>killall apmd
>before starting X.

Tried the following as well

/etc/init/apmd stop

{ returns in dark red [FAILED] }

So, I

]# mv /etc/rc3.d/S26apmd /etc/rc3.d/K26apmd
]# mv /etc/rc5.d/S26apmd /etc/rc5.d/K26apmd

editted with vi the file located at /etc/sysconfig/apmd
' apmd start=yes ' to 'apmd start=no '

But this problem continues to repeat.


>> Again, power down is only way to escape from this frozen
>> GUI screen.
>
>You haven't convinced me of that.

I yield to your superior knowledge. What do you think it is,
and what do you suggest I look for where?


>Are you saying that RH8 doesn't come with the xf86config binary for
>configuring XFree86 ?

Yes, it does.  However, it is not compatible with RH 8.0.  The file
is somewhat modified ( look at Andrew's reply ).  

RH 8.0 no longer supports XFREE 3.3.6 configs, period.  They dropped
them in their 8.0 edition.  RH supports by default 4.2 drivers
or better.


>At any rate, unless Redhat really botched things, you should have an
>/var/log/XFree86.0.log which logs everything that X does while its
>running.  Start there.

I did this as well.  File was empty. 

This is why I stopped and wrote to the list.  I don't know what log 
files for this volume of RH to look at, so I was wondering if
someone else knew. 

Maybe I am not understanding the problem correctly, 
but it is frustrating nonetheless.  /var/log/messages tells me
nothing either. 

It merely mentions start up time, and when the power down
( me turning off the power ) occur.  Nothing else.




 
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