On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote in https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-June/msg00989.html > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 11:44 -0400, Vadim Nasardinov wrote: > > I upgraded my aging F7 box to F9 yesterday by reinstalling from > > scratch. After I finished installing selected packages and > > rebooted, I discovered that X no longer worked. The init process > > gets to the point where it tries to switch into the graphical boot > > screen whereupon my monitor gets wedged. It says "Out of range" > > -- one of those messages that come directly from the monitor > > itself. > > ... why it worked in f7 and not in f9 is a mystery. It had worked under FC5, FC6, and F7. As I mentioned in my reply to Rick https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-June/msg01078.html it works under F8. > I think it is trying to tell you that the display adapter is > generating refresh rates that your monitor can't handle. Go to rl 3 > and capture the output of startx. That should display the relevant > error messages. The relevant error messages that it displays are a subset of what gets logged in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. I posted the latter in the original message: Message-Id: <7f1696260806090844u65b83295yda2e1f48d7b21202@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-June/msg00912.html logs.tar.gz: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-June/gzO2QuLs2rVf.gz Here's the output: | sh-3.2# startx | xauth: creating new authority file /.serverauth.1548 | | X.Org X Server 1.4.99.901 (1.5.0 RC 1) | Release Date: 5 September 2007 | X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 | Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen x86_64 | Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain \ | 2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu May 1 06:06:21 EDT 2008 x86_64 | Build Date: 06 May 2008 03:25:57PM | Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.4.99.901-29.20080415.fc9 | 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: Mon Jun 9 22:13:36 2008 | (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" | | expected keysym, got XF86Info: line 914 of inet | expected keysym, got XF86Info: line 914 of inet | gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) \ | on X server :0.0. | xinit: connection to X server lost. | | waiting for X server to shut down -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list