Okay I'm sure I'm not the only one that has gone through this a few times,
I've looked around the group for similar probs and solutions and so far
nothing has worked. Keeping that in mind..heres the damn deal.

Install slack, goes in like a dream (naturally)
get everything all nice and configured the way I like it. And out of no
where I get this after a reboot.

_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/darkstar:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

X Window System Version 6.8.1
Release Date: 17 September 2004
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.29 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux darkstar 2.4.29 #6 Thu Jan 20 16:30:37 PST 2005 i686
Build Date: 23 January 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 10 17:42:24 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (once-only module, 136843176)
(II) Initializing extension GLX
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID, removing from list!

waiting for X server to shut down


I've tried to relink the xinitrc.kde
tried startx kde
tried to bribe and threaten it..so far no go.
It works fine from the root account just not the reg user one.

would appreciate any and all ideas
thanks in advance
MikeinAK

Unknown wrote:

> get everything all nice and configured the way I like it. And out of no
> where I get this after a reboot. ...

It's great that you posted as much as you did about the symptom of the
problem, though I suspect it might be worth see also the contents of
/var/log/Xorg.0.log. However, without some details about what went
into "get everything all nice and configured the way I like it", there
will be only so much anyone will be able to help you ...

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Sylvain Robitaille syl@alcor.concordia.ca

Systems analyst Concordia University
Instructional & Information Technology Montreal, Quebec, Canada
----------------------------------------------------------------------

(superceding my previous followup, so in case it shows up, please try to
ignore it ...)

> Unknown wrote:
>
>> get everything all nice and configured the way I like it. And out of no
>> where I get this after a reboot. ...
>> ...
>> (EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exist, 0)
>> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (once-only module, 136843176)

can you provide a diff between /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original (or whatever
you backed up the original file as) against /etc/X11/xorg.conf? It
seems likely that you may be using an xorg.conf file created on a
different system, or that something isn't right with the Nvidia driver
you're using. Not having an Nvidia card myself, it seems unlikely that
I'll be able to help more than that, but hopefully this will get you
started in the right direction ...

--
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Sylvain Robitaille syl@alcor.concordia.ca

Systems analyst Concordia University
Instructional & Information Technology Montreal, Quebec, Canada
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Unknown wrote:

> Okay I'm sure I'm not the only one that has gone through this a few times,
> I've looked around the group for similar probs and solutions and so far
> nothing has worked. Keeping that in mind..heres the damn deal.
>
> Install slack, goes in like a dream (naturally)
> get everything all nice and configured the way I like it. And out of no
> where I get this after a reboot.
>
> _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
> _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/darkstar:0
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
>

From: http://tinyurl.com/579uo

5. How to solve xdm crash problem on IPv4 only kernel
The xdm may crash if the kernel does not support IPv6, and you
will see error messages in /var/log/XFree86.0.log as follows:

_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/your.host.name:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for
inet6

Fatal server error:
Failed to establish all listening sockets

To fix it, you need to change the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/
Xservers as follows:

:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten inet6

By way of: http://tinyurl.com/5pho4

Thank Blumf.

--
Old Man

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:34:32 -0500, Old Man wrote:

> Unknown wrote:
>
>> Okay I'm sure I'm not the only one that has gone through this a few times,
>> I've looked around the group for similar probs and solutions and so far
>> nothing has worked. Keeping that in mind..heres the damn deal.
>>
>> Install slack, goes in like a dream (naturally)
>> get everything all nice and configured the way I like it. And out of no
>> where I get this after a reboot.
>>
>> _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
>> _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/darkstar:0
>> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
>>
>
> From: http://tinyurl.com/579uo
>
> 5. How to solve xdm crash problem on IPv4 only kernel
> The xdm may crash if the kernel does not support IPv6, and you
> will see error messages in /var/log/XFree86.0.log as follows:
>
> _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
> _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/your.host.name:0
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for
> inet6
>
> Fatal server error:
> Failed to establish all listening sockets
>
> To fix it, you need to change the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/
> Xservers as follows:
>
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten inet6
>
> By way of: http://tinyurl.com/5pho4
>
> Thank Blumf.

Tried that..no workie

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 03:07:19 +0000, Sylvain Robitaille wrote:

> (superceding my previous followup, so in case it shows up, please try to
> ignore it ...)
>
>> Unknown wrote:
>>
>>> get everything all nice and configured the way I like it. And out of no
>>> where I get this after a reboot. ...
>>> ...
>>> (EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exist, 0)
>>> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (once-only module, 136843176)
>
> can you provide a diff between /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original (or whatever
> you backed up the original file as) against /etc/X11/xorg.conf? It
> seems likely that you may be using an xorg.conf file created on a
> different system, or that something isn't right with the Nvidia driver
> you're using. Not having an Nvidia card myself, it seems unlikely that
> I'll be able to help more than that, but hopefully this will get you
> started in the right direction ...


Saw the one you meant..by customizing everything the way i like it is
pretty much setting the wallpaper, screen savers, links and whatever else
I use on the kde desktop.

heres the xorg.o.log if it helps (might wanna make a sammich..these
suckers are long!) I'll put this in before your eyes glaze over reading
the log..the only changes i did to the xorg.conf file were the ones to use
the nvidia driver (as per site instructions) and to set up the scroll
wheel for the mouse to work..the rest i left alone. Oh and I turned off
the inet6 as per Old Man's post.


_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/darkstar:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

X Window System Version 6.8.1
Release Date: 17 September 2004
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.29 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux darkstar 2.4.29 #6 Thu Jan 20 16:30:37 PST 2005 i686
Build Date: 23 January 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 10 19:03:55 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "My Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "VESA Framebuffer"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local").
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo").
(WW) The directory "/usr/local/share/fonts" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts").
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
X.Org Video Driver: 0.7
X.Org XInput driver : 0.4
X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3189 card 1106,0000 rev 80 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b198 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 1102,0002 card 1102,0020 rev 04 class 04,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0a:1: chip 1102,7002 card 1102,0020 rev 01 class 09,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 1106,0571 card 1462,0210 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1462,0210 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1462,0210 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1462,0210 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3038 card 1462,0210 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:4: chip 1106,3104 card 1462,0210 rev 86 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3227 card 1106,0000 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1462,021c rev 78 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0110 card 0000,0000 rev b2 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[b]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xdde00000 - 0xdfefffff (0x2100000) MX[b]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xcdd00000 - 0xddcfffff (0x10000000) MX[b]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] rev 178, Mem @ 0xde000000/24, 0xd0000000/27, BIOS @ 0xdfef0000/16
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[b]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe0000000 from 0xe7ffffff to 0xdfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xdffffd00 - 0xdffffdff (0x100) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0xdffffe00 - 0xdffffeff (0x100) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[3] -1 0 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[b](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b](B)
[5] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[6] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[b]
[12] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec07 (0x8) IX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[b]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xdffffd00 - 0xdffffdff (0x100) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0xdffffe00 - 0xdffffeff (0x100) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[3] -1 0 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[b](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b](B)
[5] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[6] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[b]
[12] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec07 (0x8) IX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[b]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0xdffffd00 - 0xdffffdff (0x100) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0xdffffe00 - 0xdffffeff (0x100) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[8] -1 0 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[b](B)
[9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b](B)
[10] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[b]
[16] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec07 (0x8) IX[b]
[20] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[b]
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.6106
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module speedo
(II) UnloadModule: "speedo"
(EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.6106
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (once-only module, 136843168)
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/kbd_drv.o
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) NVIDIA X Driver 1.0-6106 Wed Jun 23 08:14:45 PDT 2004
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0xdffffd00 - 0xdffffdff (0x100) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0xdffffe00 - 0xdffffeff (0x100) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[8] -1 0 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[b](B)
[9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b](B)
[10] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[b]
[16] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec07 (0x8) IX[b]
[20] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[b]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0xdffffd00 - 0xdffffdff (0x100) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0xdffffe00 - 0xdffffeff (0x100) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[8] -1 0 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[b](B)
[9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b](B)
[10] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[11] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[12] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[13] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[20] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[21] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec07 (0x8) IX[b]
[23] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[b]
[24] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
[25] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDE000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce2 MX/MX 400
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 03.11.01.48.52
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are not supported on this GPU
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 65536 kBytes
(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): CRT-0
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 300 MHz
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(WW) NVIDIA(0): The user specified VertRefresh "40.000-90.000" has been
(WW) NVIDIA(0): adjusted to "50.000-90.000" (the intersection with
(WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID-specified VertRefresh "50.000-160.000"
(II) NVIDIA(0): My Monitor: Using hsync range of 31.50-50.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): My Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-90.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 300.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (width too large for virtual size)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "576x384":
(WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal sync start (589) not a multiple of 8
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "360x200":
(WW) NVIDIA(0): horizontal sync start (378) not a multiple of 8
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device CRT-0:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 49.5 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 36.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "832x624": 57.3 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.6 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 50.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "720x400": 35.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x400": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x350": 31.5 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 32.5 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "416x312": 28.6 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.7 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 24.8 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 25.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 20.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 18.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 18.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 72.8 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x200": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x175": 15.8 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (320, 240) mm
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (81, 81)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b]
[1] 0 0 0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
[3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0xdffffd00 - 0xdffffdff (0x100) MX[b]
[8] -1 0 0xdffffe00 - 0xdffffeff (0x100) MX[b]
[9] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[10] -1 0 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[b](B)
[11] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b](B)
[12] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[13] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b](OprD)
[14] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
[15] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
[16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[b]
[20] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[b]
[21] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[23] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[b]
[24] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec07 (0x8) IX[b]
[25] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[b]
[26] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b](OprU)
[27] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
(**) Mouse1: Device: "/dev/mouse"
(**) Mouse1: Protocol: "IMPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse1: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(**) Option "Buttons" "5"
(==) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse1: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse1: Buttons: 5
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Keyboard1: Core Keyboard
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Keyboard1: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Keyboard1: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
(**) Keyboard1: XkbModel: "pc101"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Keyboard1: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Keyboard1: CustomKeycodes disabled
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard1" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event Handler" (type: Other)
(II) Mouse1: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID, removing from list!
SetClientVersion: 0 8
SetClientVersion: 0 8
SetGrabKeysState - disabled
SetGrabKeysState - enabled

Unknown <not@here.com> wrote:
> Tried that..no workie

What mean, no workie? What outputty?

It appears to me that you have 2 problems: one with IPv6 (which should have
been fixed with the -nolisten... directive) and one where X cannot load
some modules that it wants.
You say it works as root.
So try and 'strace' the invocation of X as root and non-root and find
what goes wrong in the latter case.
Maybe it is a permission problem?
Maybe X looks for the modules in a wrong place? strace will tell.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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Unknown wrote:

> heres the xorg.o.log if it helps

/etc/X11/xorg.conf might be handy too.

> (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local". Entry deleted from font path.
> (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local").
> (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo". Entry deleted from font path.
> (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo").
> (WW) The directory "/usr/local/share/fonts" does not exist.
> Entry deleted from font path.
> (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts".
> Entry deleted from font path.

Bunch of font dirs not present, which is odd might suggest you haven't
installed X properly.

> (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
> (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
> compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.6106
> Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
....
> (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
> (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (once-only module, 136843168)

Looks like a problem with xorg.conf, you nvidia module seems to be loading
twice, it shouldn't (as the message tell you).

> (II) LoadModule: "speedo"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module speedo
> (II) UnloadModule: "speedo"
> (EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exist, 0)

Comment out the LoadModule "speedo" line in your xorg.conf.

> (WW) NVIDIA(0): The user specified VertRefresh "40.000-90.000" has been
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): adjusted to "50.000-90.000" (the intersection with
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): EDID-specified VertRefresh "50.000-160.000"

Check your monitor section settings.

Basicly, it looks like your xorg.conf is wrong but also you're missing some
font directories too (what does 'ls /var/log/packages/x11-fonts*' look
like?).

Blumf

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Unknown wrote:
> Okay I'm sure I'm not the only one that has gone through this a few
times,
> I've looked around the group for similar probs and solutions and so
far
> nothing has worked. Keeping that in mind..heres the damn deal.
>
> Install slack, goes in like a dream (naturally)
> get everything all nice and configured the way I like it. And out of
no
> where I get this after a reboot.
>
i had this (with kde) too(on slackware 10.0)..

there were two things i could do about it.

one, works for one session only, is '$ rm -rf ~/.kde*; startx -e
startkde'.

two, works better than one, is do '$ rm -rf ~/.kde*' and goto '$
xwmconfig' and make kde default wm, and '$ startx' and skip the wizard
that pops up(i customized by hand). and thereafter, everytime i
wish/want to use kde, i make kde default and 'startx'. but no need of
doing 'rm -rf ~/.kde*'.

two's been working since three or four weeks for me. in my
understanding, this could not be the actual fix. hope it works for you
too. and, wish someone posts some better fix

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:18:04 -0800, kidslack wrote:

> Unknown wrote:
>> Okay I'm sure I'm not the only one that has gone through this a few
> times,
>> I've looked around the group for similar probs and solutions and so
> far
>> nothing has worked. Keeping that in mind..heres the damn deal.
>>
>> Install slack, goes in like a dream (naturally)
>> get everything all nice and configured the way I like it. And out of
> no
>> where I get this after a reboot.
>>
> i had this (with kde) too(on slackware 10.0)..
>
> there were two things i could do about it.
>
> one, works for one session only, is '$ rm -rf ~/.kde*; startx -e
> startkde'.
>
> two, works better than one, is do '$ rm -rf ~/.kde*' and goto '$
> xwmconfig' and make kde default wm, and '$ startx' and skip the wizard
> that pops up(i customized by hand). and thereafter, everytime i
> wish/want to use kde, i make kde default and 'startx'. but no need of
> doing 'rm -rf ~/.kde*'.
>
> two's been working since three or four weeks for me. in my
> understanding, this could not be the actual fix. hope it works for you
> too. and, wish someone posts some better fix

I'll be damned that worked!!!
Used the second one you gave me and now startx works the way it should.
much thanks to all that replied..trust me all replies are printed out and
saved in a folder in case it happens again.

MikeinAK