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Need help trouble-shooting "no display" problem....
Hello,
I am trying to recover a system.
It is a long story, but basically here is what I did:
a) wiped out the disk
b) installed a minimal install of redhat
c) installed a recovery client (something called TSM) to the minimal redhat install, and then partitioned the disk and created filesystems of the old system (mounted them to /tmp/a/root, /tmp/a/usr, etc), and then I "restored" the filesystems to the temporary mount points.
d) I set GRUB and fstab to boot/mount the correct partitions.
e) I rebooted, and all the checks were good.
PROBLEM: After the reboot, the system comes up, but there is no display, just an occasional flicker. I can go into single user mode fine.
CAN ANYONE offer some way of trouble shooting this?
THanks,
Keith
I am trying to recover a system.
It is a long story, but basically here is what I did:
a) wiped out the disk
b) installed a minimal install of redhat
c) installed a recovery client (something called TSM) to the minimal redhat install, and then partitioned the disk and created filesystems of the old system (mounted them to /tmp/a/root, /tmp/a/usr, etc), and then I "restored" the filesystems to the temporary mount points.
d) I set GRUB and fstab to boot/mount the correct partitions.
e) I rebooted, and all the checks were good.
PROBLEM: After the reboot, the system comes up, but there is no display, just an occasional flicker. I can go into single user mode fine.
CAN ANYONE offer some way of trouble shooting this?
THanks,
Keith
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I think I need to create the device special files... how do I do that? makedev?
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I get the following form the bottom of the XFree.log, THANKS! :
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse0: Buttons: 5
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse0: Buttons: 5
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.
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found it... the /tmp/ directory had the wrong permissions (it was set manually from the restore) x couldn't write to the directory..
THanks,
K
THanks,
K
Great Keith!
So, is the system running on the "restore" now, everything working?
-- Glenn
So, is the system running on the "restore" now, everything working?
-- Glenn
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