Advice for Gateway all-in-one install X Server problem

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto]

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Hi Steve,

Steve Zatz wrote:
| I am *not* an experienced linux user and just went through an install
| on a Gateway All-in-One machine.  Everything seemed to go fine but
| there is a problem with the X server and so I am left with a command
| line but no gui.  I suspect this is do potentially to something being
| non-standard in the LCD display of this all-in-one computer.
|
| I do also get one "Fatal Error" on booting up having to do with
| "inserting hw_random..."

This is a completely harmless error. The system tries to load a module,
but since the hardware is not there, it simply complains about it.
Nothing to be worried about.

|
| The boot up does continue and then I get a message that "I cannot
| start the X Server..."
|
| When I say that I would like to view both the X Server output and then
| the detailed X Server output, I look like I may be getting a truncated
| set of text that has some boiler plate disclaimers and ends with
| "Module loader present"
|
| Any help or thoughts would be appreciated.

Please send the output from the following commands:

lspci and lspci -n
discover video

and the following files:

/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
/var/log/XFree86.0.log

Thanks
Fabio


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