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Re: X only works with default kernel?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Stearns)
Sat Nov 21 20:31:32 1998
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 20:34:43 -0500 (EST)
From: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
cc: Jeffery Roberts <strider@acm.org>
In-Reply-To: <364E6B87.167E64FC@acm.org>
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Good day, Jeff,
On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Jeff wrote:
> 1. Had no trouble using X with my own 2.0.32, 2.0.33, and 2.0.34
> kernels for a long time.
> 2. Installing StarOffice 5.0 screwed up something with
> /lib/lid-linux.*,
> making system unusable.
> 3. Had to reformat / and reinstall RH 5.0 to be able to get back into
> the system.
I assume this means you also reformatted any other partitions that
you might have been using.
> 4. Now, using my own 2.0.32, 2.0.33, and 2.0.34 kernels gets me a black
> screen and error messages about not finding the right resolution or path
> (what do these have to do with the kernel?).
As a side note, providing exact error messages makes the
troubleshooting easier. I usually do something like:
startx >~/x_output 2>&1
, which gives me the success and failure messages.
Do the directories in your font path actually exist?
> 5. Using the default 2.0.32 kernel shipped with 5.0 gives me a working,
> system, albeit with a strange hodgepodge of kernel functionality that
> takes up RAM, uses RAM disks, etc.
>
> Can someone out there explain this to me, please?
It's possible that the kernels you've compiled strip out too much.
X _does_ depend on a few kernel features; the only one that comes to mind
right now is "Unix domain sockets" under 'Networking Options". Make sure
this is set to "Y" (or, if set to "M", that "unix" shows up in the lsmod
modules list; "modprobe unix" if it's not there).
If that's not it, I'm really not sure what it could be. Perhaps
you could compile 2.0.26 (the latest released version) using the same
configuration as the kernel that works for you now? That will tell you if
it's a kernel configuration problem.
Best of luck,
- Bill
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