[ltp] cannot start x - ThinkPad T42

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:04:23 +0100


On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:41:42 -0600, Josh Battles wrote:
> I've got a T42 (2373JTU) and I'm having problems getting xorg to run.  I was
> running debian testing on for about a year and decided to do a fresh install
> of debian unstable the other night.
> 
> When I type in the startx command the screen flashes and I get the following
> messages:
> 
> Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!

Not relevant.
> 
> and
> 
> waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

Not relevant.

> 
> I've checked the logfile (/var/log/Xorg.0.log) and can't see any warnings,
> errors, or messages that would indicate what sort of problem this is.  I even
> attempted to use the previous xorg.conf I'd been running under the testing
> install to no avail.
> 
> What am I missing here?  A point in the right direction would be greatly
> appreciated.  A quick google tells me that there's some other setting I've

grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Regards,
Tino