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I have finaly got my toshiba 4600 to operate in full screen when running x. I am running mandrake 8.0 xfree86 4.0.3. I have the xf86config file modified to use a vesa driver instead of the actually trident driver. The problem that I have now is that If Start in init level 5 the screen just flickers and x will not come up but If i go to init level 3 log in and then do a start x command X works fine. I belive that I may have to edit the kdm configuration but I am not sure . Will someone please let me know if that sounds correct or if there is something else I will have to do to get init level 5 to start properly. I f I do have to edit the kdm config where is it and how do I edit it. Please any help would be appreciated .

Hi,

Can you try starting Linux in runlevel 5 then noting the error message in the /var/log/XFree86.x.log file.

The kdmrc file is located in /usr/share/config, although I'm not sure that editing this file will solve your problem.



Andy H

How do I know which log file it is I got this error(below) out of one of them there are three xfree86 log files .0 .8 .9 Does it change and replace the log file everytime i load x do i need to load x through init 5 then when it hangs reboot the machine and check the log from the console?? let me know please because i loaded then i went into x and checked the file so i may need to do it again


Symbol cfb24_32ScreenInit from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.o
is unresolved!
Symbol cfb24_32ScreenInit from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.o
is unresolved!

Ok i figured out how to get the log I have the log file from start x now and the log file from init 5 the previous error exsists in both file(may be another problem but not whats causing it to now work i think you cna give me your ideas on that if you would like to)

they are identical except for the last few lines as follows(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)<b>(the one that loads properly stops here)</b> the incorrect files continues as follows
FreeFontPath: FPE "unix/:-1" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
(II) Open APM successful
(==) VESA(0): Default visual is TrueColor

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
then it ends

More log info

the log file for the working x contains allthe lines that the unworking log contains it appends them after i leave x the only thing it does say is the
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
statement I dont know if thta was caused by my canceling out of run level 5 and returning to the console. Sorry to keep posting so many threads I am just working onthis problem so I keep getting new developments let me know if you have any idea pleaseit must obviouslt work if i could getinto x

I still need help on this I know thought that it may have been that xfs was not starting during init level 5 but that is no the case please help or at least ideas from anyone would be so greatly appreciated

thank you
gennaro

Hi Gennaro,

Can you try the following:

1 post the XFree86.x.log and xdm-error.log files to this thread.
2 Does typing "kdm" as root from the console in runlevel 3 bring up the kdm login screen?
3 If 2 doesn't work can you try "gdm" as root to see if the gnome display manager will work.

I'm not an expert when it comes to x windows problems but I will have a look at your error logs and see what I make of them.

Andy H