Thank for your email.
Hello,
How could explain this behavior and investigate it.
On the same machine, I have 2 fedora 13 installations with the same
kernel and the same package upgrade, but not the same installed
packages. On one system, there is not problem to switch from the
graphic to the text mode by using Ctl+Atl Fn, on the other one when I
try to switch I never get the text mode right, ie. I do not get the
login banner.
The loading are exactly the same (ie. the grub command line).
This behavior does not depend on the user: ie. root or not.
Are there any messages in /var/log/messages when you try to switch to a
console on the system where that doesn't work? Presumably you can open
an xterm in the gui to examine the file. If necessary, you can su to
root in the terminal.
So there is nothing in the /var/log/message file about this issue.
Do you see the messages from bootup scroll by when you are booting?
Yes.
Pull all the packages on both systems into files (rpm -qa > filename).
Then sort them and run a diff on them. That should give you a list of
packages that are missing on the system that is failing, grouped
together if you sort it again.
I point is that the system which works fine has a minimum packaging
and I do not think that may help. If I remember correctly, after
the installation, both systems were OK. I suspect an update.
By the way.
I put the output of he startx session because I do not like much.
What do you think ?
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xauth: creating new authority file /home/pdupre/.serverauth.2144
xauth: (stdin):2: unknown command "9a0a14da40c6dd43fdf6d8d6695154a2"
X.Org X Server 1.8.2
Release Date: 2010-07-01
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: x86-10 2.6.32-44.el6.x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux eschyle 2.6.34.7-61.fc13.i686.PAE #1 SMP
Tue Oct 19 04:24:06 UTC 2010 i686
Kernel command line: ro root=UUID=d6868ab2-66f2-4839-ad20-9a71a03cde51
rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=fr-latin9
Build Date: 13 September 2010 07:04:27PM
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.8.2-4.fc13
Current version of pixman: 0.18.0
Before reporting problems, check http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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 Nov 10 23:40:36 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2
symbols
Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-mCf6oR
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=2280
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-mCf6oR
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-mCf6oR/ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-mCf6oR
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-mCf6oR/ssh
(gnome-settings-daemon:2279): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **:
gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name: assertion `format != NULL' failed
RANDR failure: 8 (extension base 160)
090fc018 090fc01c 090fc020 090fc024
..............................................
090fc618 090fc61c 090fc620
RANDR failure: 8 (extension base 160)
0910f250 0910f254 0910f258 0910f25c
.............................................;
0910f850 0910f854 0910f858
(gnome-settings-daemon:2279): GLib-GObject-WARNING **:
IA__g_object_notify: object class `GkbdStatus' has no property named
`name'
(gnome-settings-daemon:2279): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_window_set_wmclass:
shouldn't set wmclass after window is realized!
(gnome-settings-daemon:2279): GLib-GObject-WARNING **:
IA__g_object_notify: object class `GkbdStatus' has no property named
`name'
Failed to play sound: File or data not found
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2363): GLib-GObject-WARNING **:
cannot register existing type `_PolkitError'
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2363): GLib-CRITICAL **:
g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
RANDR failure: 8 (extension base 160)
09186aa0 09186aa4 09186aa8 09186aac
...............................................
091870a0 091870a4 091870a8
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
10/11/2010 11:40:52 PM Autoprobing TCP port in (all) network interface
10/11/2010 11:40:52 PM Listening IPv{4,6}://*:5900
10/11/2010 11:40:52 PM Autoprobing selected port 5900
10/11/2010 11:40:52 PM Advertising authentication type: 'VNC
Authentication' (2)
10/11/2010 11:40:52 PM Advertising security type: 'VNC Authentication' (2)
(gnome-settings-daemon:2279): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **:
gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name: assertion `format != NULL' failed
Unable to open desktop file /home/pdupre/Desktop/Teucidide.desktop for
panel launcher: No such file or directory
Unable to open desktop file /usr/share/applications/pup.desktop for panel
launcher: No such file or directory
Initializing nautilus-gdu extension
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area
(nautilus:2317): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name:
assertion `format != NULL' failed
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My guess would be that something critical for creating and running a
console is missing, or you have permissions problems.
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