XFree86 Problem 2003-08-17 - By CJoeB
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Hello All,
I encountered a problem with XFree86, the details of which follow.
Please note that although I've come a way since I first started using
Linux, I am still reasonably "green" and have never encountered this
problem before, so I need explicit instructions on how to solve this if
anyone knows how.
The files attached are the XFree86.0.log file (obviously) and the
specific information on my computer (i.e. video chipset, etc.)
The events leading up to the problem are thus (please pardon the length
of this post, but I surmise that the more detail I give, the easier it
will be for someone to determine what happened and how to get it corrected):
From installation CD's, I installed Red Hat 9.0 on a computer
configured to dual-boot with Windows '98 SE. The kernel version on
these CD's is 2.4.20-8. Once the installation was complete, I added the
following software: OpenOffice.org, Mozilla 1.4 (final), the JRE
plug-in and Acrobat Reader. These files I downloaded into Windows and
then transferred to my Linux partition by mounting the vfat partition
because I didn't have a working modem in Linux. After this, I installed
the Linuxant modem driver. At this point everything worked fine. I was
able to dial-up using kppp and connect to the internet.
At this juncture, I connected to the internet and ran Red Hat's up2date
service (demo account). There were a lot of packages that needed to be
updated and it took 10 hours to download everything by modem. Once this
was complete, I rebooted the computer and everything was still working.
Then, I tried connecting to the internet, but the modem wouldn't work -
this was because the modem driver compiles with the version of the
kernel being used. Since the modem driver was in rpm format, I removed
it using rpm -e and reinstalled it with the new kernel version
2.4.20-19.9 which was the updated kernel version installed from running
up2date. I was then able to connect to the internet again.
This is where the problem starts. The next time I booted the computer
(I boot in text mode, rather than having x start automatically because,
if something happens like it did once before, I can at least get at my
files and transfer them to my Windows mount), the boot process went
okay, but when I tried to start x, x wouldn't start. I got the error
message that it couldn't locate the module pcidata. I am aware that the
file libpcidata.a is supposed to by located in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/
but it is now gone from my computer.
Earlier today after browsing on XFree86.org, I searched for libpcidata.a
and found a link where I could download the file. I downloaded it in
Windows and transferred it to my Linux partition, and rebooted the
computer. I still got the message that the module pcidata couldn't be
located. I also got an additional message (not included in the log file
attached) something about "minor version (7) being newer that system
version (6)".
All I want to do is put the file libpcidata.a back on my computer in the
easiest way possible. Can someone provide direction here?
Thanks in advance and regards to all.
Colleen
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