[NBLUG/talk] Cannot get XWindows to start

[Mark Street]

The move of /tmp was probably what got you.  /tmp must be set with specific 
permissions.  The font server cannot place its socket file into /tmp

chmod 1777 /tmp

Then restart your font server.

service xfs restart

You may need some additional filesystem maintenance....  but that should get 
you back your X.


On Thursday 01 January 2004 22:52, HarryH wrote:
> Hi,
> The other day, I downloaded from Red Hat Network the latest kernel version
> for my RH 7.2 system.  It wanted 23MB on my "/" root file system
> (/dev/hda5) that was not there.  I moved /tmp and /sbin to another
> filesystem to create the space.  I downloaded the kernel OK and it said
> "############# 100% complete" but stalled on "sh: /sbin/grubby" not found. 
> Obviously, it was in another file system.  I restored the /tmp and /sbin
> and tried to reboot to see if I got the new kernel.  The old kernel was
> still there and working as the new one was not successfully installed.  The
> XWindows (Gnome/KDE) did not come up.  I noticed the "/" file system was
> 100% full even though it had some space.  I removed the /tmp files to
> another file system and that freed up 12MB on "/", but df -h still says it
> is at 100% capacity.  I tried to do a "startx"  and it gave me the
> following:
>
>   Could not init font patch element unix/:7100, removing from list!
>   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 (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining
>
> I did a echo $DISPLAY and it was empty.
>
> I am wondering if the 100% full means it cannot/will not use the "/" file
> system and therefore not XWindows boot?  It seems to ignore the 12MB space.
>
> I have just installed a second HD and can move some directories to it to
> give "/" more space?  Also, how do I run the /sbin/grubby as it will not
> let me "execute a binary file"

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