[xubuntu-users] Cannot get X to run in Xubuntu 6.10

[Daniel Bodanske]

First, check the MD5SUM of your disk to make sure that there are no
errors.Then, take a look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf under the video settings and
see what driver is being used.

Posting the syslogs and xorg.conf should get someone who can help.

Dan

On 2/6/07, Herold Treibs <treibs at srv.net> wrote:
>
> I am trying to make use of several ten year old Digital Venturis FX-2
> computers, and it seemed like a good idea to install Xubuntu.  These
> have 128 mb of RAM, and a 2 gb hard drive, and a Pentium cpu running at
> 166 MHz.  I installed Xubuntu 6.10 alternate i386.iso that I downloaded
> from the Xubuntu website.  The installation did not seem to have any
> problems.  However, when I try to run Xubuntu in graphical mode, after
> an initial black and white graphics screen with the xfce xubuntu rodent,
> the picture blanked out, a blinking cursor hung in the upper left side
> of the monitor for a few seconds, and then the monitor went off.
>
> I tried running Xubuntu several times, with the same results as above.
> When I start it by selecting the "recovery" mode in GRUB, it runs in
> command mode, evidently as bash in root.  But if I type startx, the
> screen goes blank except for the blinking cursor for a few seconds in
> the upper left corner, and then the monitor turns off, with the pilot
> light going from green to alternating green and yellow, the same as what
> happens if I just try to start in regular graphics mode..
>
> After restarting Xubuntu in recovery mode, I looked at the syslog file
> written in previous attempts.  I got about four instances of ":gdm[3375]
> gdm_slave-xioerror_handler: Fatal x error - Restarting :0"  (The numbers
> in the brackets varied.)
> Then  I got "gdm[3368]: Failed to start x server several times in a
> short time period; disabling display:0" and
> "exiting on signal 15"
>
> I see in the archives that someone had similar problems a few weeks ago,
> but they had nvidia graphics.  These computers have S3 Trio64V2/GX
> graphics chips on the motherboard.  At least formerly these chips were
> supported by a number of Linux distributions, but I am wondering whether
> they are supported by Xubuntu.  I tried running Damn Small Linux 3.2 as
> a live CD, and that seems to work, so I think the hardware is ok.  Also,
> I tried another one of the identical computers I have on hand, and it
> behaved the same.
>
> Does anyone have any idea on what I need to do to get xubuntu to run on
> these computers?
>
> Herold
>
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