I need butter. Reload, Mark, Apply, CRASH, now it's toast.

[buccaneere]

Title says it all.

I logged on as root, did the update, and now no X; I get dropped to a shell.

Help?

ed.:
startx from root shell failed.

[bicol_willem]

Did you try to log in there (or are you logged in?). Did you try once logged in 'startx' (without ')?

[buccaneere]

yep - startx

fglrxdrm module failed to load; loader failed error 7.

How do I bring up X config file to fix this?

[bicol_willem]

xorg.conf is in /etc/x11

(if that is what you mean)

[bicol_willem]

Find this:

That might get you going.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=81516.0

[Archie]

As root, try the following:

1. rename your xorg.conf so you can generate a new one.
[root@localhost ~] # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
[root@localhost ~] # rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Next you can either run PCC and configure your video driver, or just relogin/reboot.

I hope that helps.

[buccaneere]

Thanks.

I googled to that page.

I cannot start X, as described in the solution.

So I booted the PCLOS10 LiveCD, copied xorg.conf Live to email, copied PCLOS10 Live xorg.conf to install PCLOS10 xorg.cong (ain't I slick)!

Rebooted, and no X.

Help?

[buccaneere]

From root shell, I did

rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old /etc/X11/xorg.conf
startx

No X

Help?

[Archie]

From root shell, I did

rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old /etc/X11/xorg.conf
startx

No X

Help?

did you try my suggestion?

[Bald Brick]

The problem might be the ATI driver module. Have you tried

Code:

apt-get update && apt-get install --reinstall dkms-fglrx

in a root shell?

As it's a dkms package apt-get may complain and say that you can't install the same module twice. If it does, try removing your old version first:

Code:

apt-get remove dkms-fglrx && apt-get install dkms-fglrx

Then, give the system time to rebuild the module when you reboot.

Edited for clarity.

[uncleV]

Try rebooting the computer.

[buccaneere]

I re-booted 3 or 4 times. Thanks.

did you try my suggestion?

Yes. It did not restore X; it left me at the root shell prompt again.

The problem might be the ATI driver module.

The driver module (and X) was fine before the update was executed.

Have you tried

Code:

apt-get update && apt-get install --reinstall dkms-fglrx

in a root shell?

If apt-get complains and says that you can't install the same module twice, try removing your old version first:

Code:

apt-get remove dkms-fglrx

No, I re-installed. It was fine when it was a fresh install. All I wanted was to load Gnome instead of KDE. Everything else was fine - perfectly fine.

Since I've re-installed, if this one gets marked 'Solved' (or deleted), that will be fine. All I want to do is get Gnome...

[Bald Brick]

I re-booted 3 or 4 times. Thanks.

did you try my suggestion?

Yes. It did not restore X; it left me at the root shell prompt again.

The problem might be the ATI driver module.

The driver module (and X) was fine before the update was executed.

Yes, but the update/upgrade may have tried to update the ATI module too -- and failed.

Have you tried

Code:

apt-get update && apt-get install --reinstall dkms-fglrx

in a root shell?

If apt-get complains and says that you can't install the same module twice, try removing your old version first:

Code:

apt-get remove dkms-fglrx

No, I re-installed. It was fine when it was a fresh install. All I wanted was to load Gnome instead of KDE. Everything else was fine - perfectly fine.

Since I've re-installed, if this one gets marked 'Solved' (or deleted), that will be fine. All I want to do is get Gnome...

If you want to mark it "Solved" you have to do so yourself. Edit the topic line in your first post. (But I don't think reinstalling is a solution that very many will find useful.)

[aguila]

Did you get any error messages in Synaptic when you updated? If any errors occur you while reloading you should abort the update and try later or choose a different repo.

If you can't boot into X after an update, the following is generally worth a try:

login at the shell prompt
su to root
type 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade'

Helped me before.

[Hootiegibbon]

Will all the above  we don't actully know which card this is

in a console/terminal post the results of:

lspci |grep VGA

noting the case sensitvity

Thanks

Jase