RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

[Net Llama!]

On 10/18/02 12:18, tom wrote:

> Net Llama!  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.

Sorry, i don't buy that.  I hear that FAT8 is damn dependable these days 
too.

 >>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.


I'll ask yet again.  You can't ssh into the box?  What about SYSRQ ?

>
> >>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.

So its locking up in any runlevel?

> >/etc/init.d/apmd stop  ??
> >or worst case:
> >killall apmd
> >before starting X.
>
>
> Tried the following as well
>
> /etc/init/apmd stop

Is it running to begin with?

> >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.

And what does that have to do with using xf86config?

> >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. 

So you have no XFree86 log anywhere on the filesystem?

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