RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

[Andrew Mathews]

tom wrote:
> Greets Andrew;
> 
> Thank you for your time.  I really appreciate it.
> 
> Andrew Mathews <andrew_mathews at linux-works.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>tom wrote:
>>
>>>What is the next step to trouble shoot a frozen
>>>keyboard and mouse when running a Xserver?
>>>
>>
>>I'd highly recommend using a journaling file system, either ext3, 
>>reiser, or best of all XFS. An iso image of the RH 8.0 XFS installer is 
>>available from SGI at: 
>>ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/Release-1.2pre1/installer/forRH-8.0-SGI-XFS-1.2pre1.iso
> 
> 
> Lonnie also mentioned this.  You think this the cause for the 
> X server or keyboard to stop functioning?
> 
<snip>
No, but if you're having to do hard resets, it will definitely provide a 
much higher level of safety for your system and data. Eventually, 
running ext2, you will have an fsck failure that may not be recoverable.

> 
> Tried.  Got python errors for gnome-session, and startkde gave
> me no display errors. 6 lines, which all amounted to 
> something like the following;
> 
>  xsetroot: Unable to open display ''
>      xrdb: Can't open display ''
>      xset: unable to open display ""
>   ksplash: cannot connect to X server
>   kdeinit: Aborting. $Display is not set
>   Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
> ksmserver: cannot connect to X server
>     Error: Can't open display:
>   Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
>     Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
> 
<snip>

Try /sbin/telinit 5  (This will start your default desktop manager) This 
is located in /etc/sysconfig/desktop and is either DESKTOP="GNOME" or 
DESKTOP="KDE"

> 
> I've observed that the Kudzu daemon disables the ps/2 mouse 
> configuration on boot up.  I reselect to NOT drop the configuration.
> 
> I'm attempting to disable this daemon as well now.
> 
<snip>

Try setting /etc/sysconfig/kudzu to SAFE=yes. This will disable serial 
ports, monitor, and ps/2 probes.

> 
> 
> performed this for all service levels 1-5.  Something still activates
> after 2 minutes which disables keyboard if left inactive.
> 
> ps -ef show me that the kernel itself is running the apmd daemon.
> It's process is 3, listed as kapmd.  Maybe a RH enginneer compiled
> in the Power Management features for 2.4.18?
> 

Normal I believe.

<snip>
> Only other observations I can make at present time;
> I observed the following for the unicode_start in
> /var/log/messages ...
> 
> <Date><Time> localhost rc.sysinit: Loading default keymap succeeded
> <Date><Time> localhost unicode_start: ^[%G
>                                      ^^^^^^^  I actually get these
> 
> <Date><Time> localhost rc.sysinit: Setting default font (latacyrheb-sun16)
> 

Eesh. Whatever you do, DON'T run /usr/bin/unicode_stop as it will make 
your console non-functional.

> ===========
> 
> I'm still reading the manuals, and they don't mention anything
> other than using the GUI tools ( sigh ).
> 
> What do you suggest I do next?  I'll take any suggestions...
> 
<snip>

I really suspect that it's something such as artsd, klauncher, or 
something that isn't related to apmd. Try to tail -f /var/log/messages, 
& /var/log/XFree86.0.log to see what the last entries are before the 
lockup. If rhnsd is running, kill it too, as it's unnecessary and has 
caused me problems before.

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