When X does....nothing.

[Duane Morin]

IT's also probably useful to show what services I am running at startup, 
so here's the output of chkconfig --list.  I'm hoping it's as easy as 
turning on something that I've accidentally turned off.

gpm            	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
kudzu          	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:on	5:on	6:off
syslog         	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
rawdevices     	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
netfs          	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:on	5:on	6:off
network        	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
random         	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
saslauthd      	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
iptables       	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:off	4:on	5:on	6:off
anacron        	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
atd            	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
irda           	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
acpid          	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
apmd           	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:off	4:on	5:on	6:off
irqbalance     	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
pcmcia         	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
nfslock        	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:on	5:on	6:off
nfs            	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
microcode_ctl  	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:off	4:on	5:on	6:off
smartd         	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:off	4:on	5:on	6:off
isdn           	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:off	4:on	5:on	6:off
autofs         	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
sshd           	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
portmap        	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
sendmail       	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:off	4:on	5:on	6:off
rhnsd          	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:on	5:on	6:off
crond          	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
yum            	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
tux            	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
aep1000        	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
bcm5820        	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
httpd          	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
squid          	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
winbind        	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
messagebus     	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
snmpd          	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
snmptrapd      	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
xfs            	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
xinetd         	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
cups           	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:off	4:on	5:on	6:off
ntpd           	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
vncserver      	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
dovecot        	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
postgresql     	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:on	4:off	5:off	6:off
xinetd based services:
	chargen-udp:	off
	rsync:	off
	chargen:	off
	daytime-udp:	off
	daytime:	off
	echo-udp:	off
	echo:	off
	services:	off
	time:	off
	time-udp:	off
	cups-lpd:	off
	sgi_fam:	on


On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Duane Morin wrote:

> I'm back.  Long story short I just lost a week's worth of config work by 
> trashing my hard drive.  D'oh.  Now I'm back up with a dedicated Fedora
> build (instead of the previous semi update).
> 
> I have the latest NVidia drivers.  X boots...I get a flash of NVidia logo, 
> then blank screen, with X cursor that I can move at will.  
> 
> But that's it.  It never goes anywhere.  If I do "X --verbose", the last 
> thing I see is XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Kernel Inptu 
> handler" (type other).
> 
> So what I'm wondering is, maybe it's not an NVidia thing at all, maybe X 
> is just sitting there and waiting infinitely because it's supposed to be 
> doing something next and can't.
> 
> If it's any more information, when I try to get into gnome I get the 
> Fedora splash box, but then none of the little icons that usually 
> represent the starting services. 
> 
> So what's supposed to be the first service that it starts?
> 
> Thanks!!!
> 
> Duane
> 
> 
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