I had to stop using the fglrx video driver from ELRepo, which isn't supported with CentOS 6.4. Now I can't start X; I get the following:> (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled. > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Error: Cannot open "/tmp/server-0.xkm" to write keyboard > description > Exiting > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Error: Cannot open "/tmp/server-0.xkm" to write keyboard > description > Exiting > XKB: Failed to compile keymap > Keyboard initialization failed. This could be a missing or incorrect > setup of xkeyboard-config. > > Fatal server error: > Failed to activate core devices. > (EE) > Please consult the CentOS support > at http://wiki.centos.org/Documentation > for help. > (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for > additional information. > (EE) > Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file./var/log/Xorg.0.log doesn't add much; it states:> [ 345.863] (EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0) > [ 345.863] (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap > [ 345.863] (EE) XKB: Failed to load keymap. Loading default keymap > instead. > [ 345.884] (EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0) > [ 345.884] (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap > [ 345.884] XKB: Failed to compile keymap > [ 345.884] Keyboard initialization failed. This could be a missing > or incorrect setup of xkeyboard-config. > [ 345.884] > Fatal server error: > [ 345.884] Failed to activate core devices. > [ 345.884] (EE) > Please consult the CentOS support > at http://wiki.centos.org/Documentation > for help. > [ 345.884] (EE) Please also check the log file at > "/var/log /Xorg.0.log" > for additional information. > [ 345.884] (EE) > [ 345.884] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch > [ 345.897] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.How can I solve this? Thanks. Yves Bellefeuille
Solved; that was quick. :-) For other reasons, /tmp had incorrect permissions. Changing them with "chmod 1777 /tmp" solved the problem. The hint was this post, https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=41813&forum=56 , which described other symptoms I also had: "gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256", and "The configuration defaults for GNOME Power Manager have not been installed correctly". Thanks to jeepster for his post. -- Yves Bellefeuille <yan at storm.ca> "Simply put, E=mc^2 is liberal claptrap." -- Conservapedia.com