Subject: Re: Ooh! now I did it, I broke it!
From: Kevin B. Hendricks (khendricks@ivey.uwo.ca)
Date: Sun Jan 30 2000 - 11:05:19 MST
Hi,
Don't re-install. Simply fix the problem.
First whenever you play with X it is a good idea to stop booting directly
into X11.
So add the word single to the BootX additional kernel args and boot into
single user mode.
Then edit /etc/inittab and change the default runlevel to 3 and not 5.
Also while you are at it, run the following command:
Xautoconfig
Then shutdown and restart without the "single" in BootX.
This should get you to the console.
At the console, type startx
X11 should start. If it does not, simply copy down the error messages you
see after the startx attmept and mail them to the list. We should be able
to see what is wrong from the error messages.
Kevin
>Hey YellowDoggers,
>
>I think I screwed up my Champion Server real good. Yes, I am a newbie so it
>shouldn't come as a big surprise. I wanted to take advantage of khendrick's
>java implementation so I downloaded and installed kernel 2.2.14p6 and glibc
>2.1.3
>
>Everything was going smooth and dandy until I added the latest XFree86 (XFree
>3.3.5 from Tom Rini's site on LinuxPPC) as per the recommendation for the
>java implementation. So now when I shutdown and restarted my Yellow Dog (and
>had all the services start up) I was not greeted with the familiar Yellow Lab
>or the Log-In screen. Instead, I got a compacted Red Hat screen (actually, it
>was almost like a wall paper covering only the top half of the screen) for
>about 3 secs before switching back to an endless loop of X diagnostic errors
>(the usual screen that you get when X fails) and the Red Hat screen.
>
>Now I can't log in because it keeps going into this loop. Anyone know what
>could be wrong? if there is no remedy, anyone know how I can get the original
>XFree back? Is my only alternative logging on in some text mode that can only
>be called from the bootx screen?
>
>I want my Yellow Dog BACK! (because reformatting would really suck)
>
>Bondster!
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