[PLUG] X will not load: no errors reported]

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Paul Heinlein wrote:

> Try "startx 2>/tmp/xerror.log" and then look at /tmp/xerror.log to see 
> if it contains any clues.

Paul,

  Unfortunately, no. It is the same as the top of /var/log/XFree86.0.log but
indicates when I killed the server:

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The -bpp option is no longer supported.
	Use -depth to set the color depth, and use -fbbpp if you really
	need to force a non-default framebuffer (hardware) pixel format.

XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-8) / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 23 January 2002
	If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
	newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
	reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17-0.13smp i686 [ELF] 
Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com
 
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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun Sep  8 08:48:06 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
xinit:  connection to X server lost.
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  This is quite puzzling, to write the least! I did find a reference in
~/.xinitrc to $HOME/.Xmodmap, and that doesn't exist; there's a .xmodmap so
I changed .xinitrc to match. Makes no difference.

  Any ideas where to go from here?

Many thanks,

Rich