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    "Starting the X Window System..."

    ~
    I am starting knoppix 5.1.1 with the following cheatcode on a box with the hardware you can see (Ethernet info deleted).
    ~
    The thing is that when I go "init 5", I see how the X Window System starts
    ~
    root!tt1:/# init 5
    Executing /etc/init.d/xsession
    ...
    ~
    but it all stops like this:
    ~
    Probing/Loading AGP modules ...
    Starting the X Window System ...
    ~
    Also the most annoying thing is that it does not happen consistently
    ~
    Where in the X Window System or wherever should I look into in order to debug this problem?
    ~
    Thank you
    lbrtchx
    ~
    knoppix@Knoppix:~$ dmesg | grep knoppix
    Kernel command line: ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 initrd=minirt.gz nomce loglevel=0 quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix BOOT_IMAGE=linux init 2 xmodule=vesa fb1280x1024 depth=16 bootfrom=/dev/hdb5
    ~
    knoppix@Knoppix:~$ free
    total used free shared buffers cached
    Mem: 2010344 565248 1445096 0 18992 296688
    -/+ buffers/cache: 249568 1760776
    Swap: 0 0 0
    ~
    knoppix@Knoppix:~$ lspci -v
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Unknown device 0662 (rev 01)
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
    Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
    Memory behind bridge: fdb00000-fdbfffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dfffffff

    00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Unknown device 0966 (rev 59)
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

    00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
    Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS5513 EIDE Controller (A,B step)
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 16
    I/O ports at <unassigned>
    I/O ports at <unassigned>
    I/O ports at <unassigned>
    I/O ports at <unassigned>
    I/O ports at 4000 [size=16]
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
    Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Unknown device c5f0
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 52, IRQ 22
    I/O ports at f000 [size=256]
    I/O ports at fd00 [size=128]
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Unknown device 3086
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
    Memory at fdfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

    00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Unknown device 3086
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
    Memory at fdffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

    00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Unknown device 3086
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
    Memory at fdffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Unknown device 1183 (rev 02) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
    Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Unknown device 1183
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
    I/O ports at fb00 [size=8]
    I/O ports at fa00 [size=4]
    I/O ports at f900 [size=8]
    I/O ports at f800 [size=4]
    I/O ports at f700 [size=16]
    I/O ports at f600 [size=128]
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:06.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
    Memory behind bridge: fda00000-fdafffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fde00000-00000000fdefffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:07.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
    Memory behind bridge: fdd00000-fddfffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fdc00000-00000000fdcfffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    00:1f.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
    Memory behind bridge: fd900000-fd9fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd800000-00000000fd8fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
    Subsystem: Holco Enterprise Co, Ltd/Shuttle Computer Unknown device 3086
    Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel, IRQ 10
    BIST result: 00
    Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
    Memory at fdbe0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
    I/O ports at df00 [size=128]
    Capabilities: <access denied>

    knoppix@Knoppix:~$

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    Re: "Starting the X Window System..."

    Quote Originally Posted by Albretch
    ~
    I am starting knoppix 5.1.1 with the following cheatcode on a box with the hardware you can see (Ethernet info deleted).
    ~
    The thing is that when I go "init 5", I see how the X Window System starts
    ~
    root!tt1:/# init 5
    Executing /etc/init.d/xsession
    ...
    ~
    but it all stops like this:
    ~
    Probing/Loading AGP modules ...
    Starting the X Window System ...
    ~
    Also the most annoying thing is that it does not happen consistently
    ~
    Where in the X Window System or wherever should I look into in order to debug this problem?
    ~
    Thank you
    lbrtchx
    ~$
    The place to log for error messages is either /var/log/messages or more specificly /var/log/Xorg.0.log
    The only problem of course is that if the systems fails to load, its not forced to write an entry in Xorg.log
    One other point of note is that 5.1.1 used kernel 2.4.19 so if your display adapter isnt recognised correctly
    then you may get this intermittant problem
    Hal

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