On 10/12/2010 09:33 PM, Claude Jones wrote: > On 10/12/2010 1:23 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> 1) remove/rename any existing /etc/X11/xorg.conf >> 2) create a new dummy user >> 3) do a clean boot into runlevel 3 >> 4) login as the dummy user, do a startx >> 5) see X fail, copy /var/log/Xorg.0.log >> 6) post the whole file for us to see >> >> While you're at it, replace the mouse with some ordinary stupid USB >> or PS/2 >> mouse for the experiment, just to be on the safe side.;-) >> >> The Xorg.0.log should contain (EE) lines which should give a clue >> what went >> wrong. If there are none, try to startx with a "--logverbose n" option, >> choosing n as 4,5,6,... >> >> Also, when you do a startx, make sure X isn't actually running >> properly in F7 >> console or elsewhere...;-) > > > here you go - I followed your suggested steps - on reboot after creating > the new user, the bootup stalled - I did a Ctl-F2 to get a login prompt > and logged into the new user, then ran startX, which failed - here's the > Xorg.0.log (I deleted the old Xorg.0.log before rebooting but the new > one is really long) I did disconnect the old keyboard and mouse cable, > which connects to a KVM, and plugged in a different mouse and keyboard > directly to the PC > > ....snip.... > [ 35.500] (II) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib64/dri/nouveau_dri.so > failed (/usr/lib64/dri/nouveau_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: > No such file or directory) Not that it will matter much, but have you installed http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/updates/13/x86_64/mesa-dri-drivers-7.8.1-8.fc13.x86_64.rpm Or you can just comment out Load "dri2" Load "dri" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines