Centos 5.3 on Xen 5.5 - Trying to get into Gnome

Can you post the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?  From the error message you simply have a syntax error where the word "using" appears where it shouldn't.

Line 4.  It isn't in a section so I think it was typed in accidentally.

This is exactly how my xorg.conf file looks:



# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool,
using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual
page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades
*only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically
updated
# again, run the following commands:
#
# cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom
# sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum'
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Section "Files" FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath
"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath
"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath
"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" FontPath
"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID" EndSection Section
"Module" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod"
Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "type1" Load
"vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option
"XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection Section
"InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option
"CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol"
"ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon
X850 XT PE (R480)" Driver "ati" BusID "PCI:5:0:0" EndSection Section
"Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" Option "DPMS" HorizSync 30-65
VertRefresh 50-75 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default
Screen" Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon X850 XT PE (R480)" Monitor
"Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes
"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection
"Display" Depth 4 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes
"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection
"Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic
Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode
0666
EndSection

Yes the format of this file is all messed up.

What do you suggest, I do not know what should be commented and what should be on what line.

If you post it as an attachment, I'll format it and attach it back.

Here is the file, thank-you
conf.txt

Ooh.  What a mess!

Try this...
conf-better.txt

Oh, and please don't edit using Windows notepad whatever you do.

Thanks for the reformatting.

I still cannot start gnome.

I am getting this error:


X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5PAE i686 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux Blackbox1 2.6.18-128.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Jan 21 11:55:02 EST 2009 i686
Build Date: 21 January 2009
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.52.el5
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Apr 28 04:06:04 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

Ok, could you provide:

  lspci -nn

and a copy of /var/log/Xorg.0.log

lspci -nn did not return anything.

My log file is attached
Xorg.0.log.txt

Have you tried re-installing Gnome packages? I would have tried that if Gnome is not coming up.

dont know how I can reinstall, but it looks like there is an issue with hardware?

Maybe I should run the Xen install tools? Do you think this could help?

I can get it into the CD drive, but have not idea how to run it from command line.

Your config says you have an ATI graphics card, but you are running under Xen, which is why lspci isn't showing anything.

Xen will use a framebuffer as output for graphics, so can you provide

  ls /dev/fb*

I am guessing there will be an fb0 so the xorg.conf device section should be altered from:

Section "Device"
      Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon X850 XT PE (R480)"
      Driver "ati"
      BusID "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection


to


Section "Device"
      Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon X850 XT PE (R480)"
      Driver "fbdev"
      Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb0"
EndSection

ls/dev/fb* did not output anything

I made the chnage to the file and it did not make startx work.

Can you provide the xen config file you use to launch the domu?  

Also

  zcat /proc/config.gz | grep XEN

Hang on a second - where are you expecting the gnome desktop to appear if this is a VM?  I have been assuming sdl / vnc.

Is that right?

Yes I want the gnome desktop and I am running this Linux on a virtural machine (Xen server)

Yes, but where is the desktop outputting to?  Can you provide the domu config file?

where do i find the domu file?

No real answer, but thanks for sticking with me.