How Do I restart My X-Windows/ GUI for RH9?

[ty_young]

Hi all. I did a change on X configuration when RH9 kept on failing to load RH9 GUI. Now i'm trapped in command based window screen, how do i get myself back into the GUI?

[MhykGyver]

uhmmm...i'm also a newbie but i read something about ur problem and here is what i've read...

first log-in by typing root then linux will ask you for ur password...type the password...afterwards when ur logged-in as root type startx...

hope this worx...alert me if it does, k...

[ty_young]

Hi There. I've tried the method earlier by logging as root user and type startx but it return an error screen something like below:

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'......

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests .....

[MhykGyver]

uhmmm..ok...how about re-installing RH9...i have used RH9 4 and installed it 4 countless times yet i never encountered ur problem...do try it and if it's still won't work let's consult the masters...keep me posted k...

[rathodavinash]

hi,

do not reinstall rh9.

try this

first login as root
remove the file  or better rename the file XFree86 in directory /etc/X11
(this is for backup but since your XFree86 file is already giving u problems you can surely remove it)

then type redhat-config-xfree86

now select your monitor and display card here.

i hope this solves your problem.

[ty_young]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Unfortunely, I gave up trying to fix the probelm of mine. Just takes too much of my time. I've already re-installed it.

By the way, the problem first occured when X is down and the system ask me try to trouble-shoot the problem. I did twice using the x configuration but it didn't work out so i just declined the system to fix the problem. And walla, this is how i got into this mess.

[tornett]

Assuming X is currently running, you can restart X-windows by issuing the following command in shell as root:

killall -HUP X

[dragoncity99]

If ur X server is down, u should have deleted all ur corrupted x files,
let's say ur gnome crashed, what  u need to do is go to ur account's home directory:

cd /home/john          (John is the user let say)

The all u need to do is delete all the directories as mentioned below:
.gconf
.gconfd
.gnome
.gnome_private
.gnome2
.gnome2_private
.gnome-deesktop

i.e.  
[root@diskless richard]rm -fr .gconf

And restart ur box (just to make sure). And it will recreate all the deleted directories.
And u r done

If i doesn't work?
Well, don't login using Gnome, use KDE instead. Until now i use KDE i havent gimme a headache. It's pretty good to use.

[ty_young]

Seems like my problem come back.. with a vengence.. after 3 weeks of smooth operation, today my linux box is being strucked by similiar problem once more.

The initialize of the system went smooth until the boot up of my xserver start causing trouble at the user login (text command). My screen kept on black out and show up repeatly. I can't login due to this ...Anyone got any idea whats going on?

[ty_young]

Here the log of my problem.

(EE) GARTInit : Unable toopen /dev/agpgart (No Such Device)
(EE) I810(0) : AGPGART support not available. Make sure your kernel agppart support of that the agppart kernel module is loaded.
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration
Fatal Server Error:
No screen Found

[dragoncity99]

It's ur video card driver problem. What video card u used? Maybe consider getting the latest driver?

Worst still, u will need to compile ur kernel.