RedHat 7.3 and a missing X server

[Mark Street]

Now we are getting some info...

Check out /var/log for any XFree86.* log/error messages.

How does it fail?.... does it give you any output at the terminal when it 
pukes.  Make sure there are no stale locks in /tmp  there can be hidden .X* 
locks in /tmp.  Delete them if there are.

At 10:03 AM 6/5/2002 -0700, Lincoln Peters wrote:

>>From: Mark Street <jet at sonic.net>
>>Reply-To: <talk at nblug.org>
>>To: talk at nblug.org
>>Subject: Re: RedHat 7.3 and a missing X server
>>Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 22:46:10 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>So what is the problem??  I sense you want to punch the machine.... but I
>>don't know why...
>
>How about because X won't start up?  I may have the right driver, but when 
>I get through Xconfigurator and run the test, it fails.  However, it 
>doesn't tell me why it fails.
>
>I've tried it 3 times already, and it fails every time.  The (apparently) 
>missing X server is my only lead.