[olug] Now what...

[Steve Busby]

On Sunday 05 October 2003 12:16 am, Tom wrote:
> I was working away trying to install a communications package and the
> screen switched from gui to text mode.
> I did a reboot and it said system contains FS w/errors force check, it went
> through and fixed a page of errors.
> Then said unexpected inconsistency please repair manually and reboot.  So I
> ran fsck (like it said on the screen)
> and if fixed some more errors and said reboot and now it reboots but won't
> mount the hard drive and won't go into the gui
> it just flash's a few times and then back to text mode.  From the text mode
> it seems fine but what the heck....
> Do I need to re install system or is there a way to reload the X system ??
> Since I am trying to learn this stuff there is not a lot on this box so
> either way it is no big deal (other than time) if I have to blow it away. 
> I have tried RH8 and Knopix/Debian 3.0.  If anybody has any ideas I am
> ready to listen.  Thanks in advance.
>
> Tom
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Hi Tom,

I doubt if its serious enough for a reload, so from command line, try running 
"startx" and lets see what happens.  If X is broken, it should flash a few 
times, then spit out some errors.  You should be able to look in your 
/var/log/XFree86.#.log to see where the problem is.  If you can't understand 
it, post it here and somebody should be able to help decipher what your 
problem is.

Additionally we'll need what distribution your running and what X windows 
system you are using (KDE, Gnome, etc).

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