[PlanetCCRMA] reinstalling/repairing X

Wed Oct 17 11:27:01 2007

On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 10:01 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 11:33 -0500, Gangalino wrote:
> > How do I find out which particular version of X is installed and what
> > would be a good course to take to repair a broken X server after an
> > upgrade?
> 
> Which version of fedora?

I forgot how to get that version also.
/proc/version shows Linux version 2.6.20-1.2320.fc5
(brewbuilder@hs20-bc2-2.build.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.1.1 20070105
(Red Hat 4.1.1-51)) #1 Tue Jun 12 18:50:38 EDT 2007

I think it's still FC5.  ???

> If it is a recent one something like this should list all X server
> related packages:
> 
>   rpm -q -a | grep xorg
shows:
xorg-x11-font-utils-1.0.1-3
xorg-x11-drv-void-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-i810-1.4.1.3-3.1
xorg-x11-drv-dynapro-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-citron-2.1.5-1
xorg-x11-drv-v4l-0.0.1.5-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-s3virge-1.8.6.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-nv-1.2.0-3.fc5
xorg-x11-xkbdata-1.0.1-7
xorg-x11-drv-keyboard-1.0.1.3-1.2
xorg-x11-fonts-truetype-7.0-3
xorg-x11-drv-nsc-2.7.6.5-2.1
xorg-x11-drv-i740-1.0.0.5-2
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.2.1.3-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-tdfx-1.1.1.3-1.3
xorg-x11-drv-trident-1.0.1.2-1.2
xorg-x11-drivers-7.0-2
xorg-x11-apps-7.0-1
xorg-x11-xkb-utils-1.0.1-1.2
xorg-x11-server-utils-1.0.1-1.2
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.1-1.2
xorg-x11-fonts-base-7.0-3
xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.0-3
xorg-x11-fonts-Type1-7.0-3
xorg-x11-drv-mouse-1.0.4-1
xorg-x11-drv-dummy-0.1.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-vmware-10.11.1.3-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-digitaledge-1.0.1.3-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-rendition-4.0.1.3-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-palmax-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-spaceorb-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-dmc-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-mutouch-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-i128-1.1.0.5-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-neomagic-1.0.0.5-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion-1.3.1.5-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-cirrus-1.0.0.5-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-fpit-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-elo2300-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-vesa-1.0.1.3-1.2
xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi-7.0-3
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi-7.0-3
xorg-x11-drv-aiptek-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-chips-1.0.1.3-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-acecad-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-elographics-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.1.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-via-0.1.33.2-2
xorg-x11-drv-ark-0.5.0.5-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-ur98-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-penmount-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-tseng-1.0.0.5-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-calcomp-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-evdev-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-jamstudio-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-sis-0.8.1.3-1.2
xorg-x11-xdm-1.0.1-2
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.5.8.0-1
xorg-x11-twm-1.0.1-1.2
xorg-x11-utils-1.0.1-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-hyperpen-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi-7.0-3
xorg-x11-drv-summa-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-apm-1.0.1.5-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-joystick-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-voodoo-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-sisusb-0.7.1.3-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-vga-4.0.0.5-2
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.0.1-9.fc5.7
xorg-x11-filesystem-7.0-1
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi-7.0-3
xorg-x11-drv-microtouch-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-magellan-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-magictouch-1.0.0.5-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-savage-2.0.2.3-1.2
xorg-x11-drv-cyrix-1.0.0.5-1.1
xorg-x11-drv-s3-0.3.5.5-2
xorg-x11-drv-glint-1.0.1.3-2
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.0.1-9.fc5.7
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.1-2.FC5.0
xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.1-4.FC5.0

> 
> You could verify that a package is fine (ie: its contents are the same
> as originally installed) if you do:
> 
>   rpm -V package_name
> 
> Of course things like configuration files, etc, will be flagged as
> having some changes. 
> 
> What is failing? How? What error message do you see
> in /var/log/Xorg*log?

It's mainly complaining about:

"Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0
FreeFontPath: FPE "unix/:7100" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing."

I've attached the entire log.