GUI not starting in Fedora 9

[jackal_79]

I installed Fedora 9 two days back.I had installed it in text mode.So it booted up in command mode and from there i have to type startx to enter GUI.Later i updated Fedora 9 using yumex.Now it's simply booting up to command mode.When i give startx command it shows a black screen for sometime and shows following error:

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Fatal server error:
GLX:could not load software renderer

giving up
xinit: connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit:No such process (errno 3): server error
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somebody told me to check the inittab.It was showing level 3 that i changed to level 5.But the problem is still there.I tried system-config-display.But that is also not working.Is there any way to correct this problem.I have attached the xorg log for reference.

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Attach xorg.conf file in simple text format or post its contents here. Post the output of this too :

su -
lspci | grep -i vga

[jackal_79]

output of su - lspci | grep -i vga :

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600 GT (rev a1)

[devils casper]

I asked for contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
Anyways, you have to install Nvidia Driver.
Execute this

su -
rpm -Uhv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
yum -y install kmod-nvidia
init 3
nvidia-config-display enable

Reboot machine.

[jackal_79]

I asked for contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
Anyways, you have to install Nvidia Driver.
Execute this

su -
rpm -Uhv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
yum -y install kmod-nvidia
init 3
nvidia-config-display enable

Reboot machine.

please find the contents of xorg.conf file.
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# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# keyboard added by rhpxl
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nv"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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one more thing. i have already enabled livna release 9.So do you still want me to got through the above command?

[devils casper]

Contents of xorg.conf file are correct but you haven't install Nvidia driver yet.

one more thing. i have already enabled livna release 9.So do you still want me to got through the above command?

No need to install Livna repo again. Install Nvidia driver only ( kmod-nvidia ).

[jackal_79]

Contents of xorg.conf file are correct but you haven't install Nvidia driver yet.

No need to install Livna repo again. Install Nvidia driver only ( kmod-nvidia ).

I installed the nvidia driver .Now it's automatically booting up in GUI.Thank you for helping.The only problem now is that Fedora is freezing occasionally while using Firefox.Is there any way to resolve this issue?

[devils casper]

It could be Graphics Card or Refresh rates problem.
Check your Monitor's Manual and add supported Refresh Rates ( HorizSync and VertRefresh ) in xorg.conf file.
Example :

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Monitor1"
 HorizSync 31.5-48.5
 VertRefresh 50-70
 EndSection

[jackal_79]

It could be Graphics Card or Refresh rates problem.
Check your Monitor's Manual and add supported Refresh Rates ( HorizSync and VertRefresh ) in xorg.conf file.
Example :

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Monitor1"
 HorizSync 31.5-48.5
 VertRefresh 50-70
 EndSection

i searched the manual as well as online but i was not able to find the refresh rates.Only thing i found in the manual is:

Horizontal scan range
30 kHz to 83 kHz (automatic)

Vertical scan range
56 Hz to 75 Hz (automatic)

Is that what you meant?.Anyway , my problem is that my computer is freezing only while using firefox.Any suggestions?

[jackal_79]

i searched the manual as well as online but i was not able to find the refresh rates.Only thing i found in the manual is:

Horizontal scan range
30 kHz to 83 kHz (automatic)

Vertical scan range
56 Hz to 75 Hz (automatic)

Is that what you meant?.Anyway , my problem is that my computer is freezing only while using firefox.Any suggestions?

Now iam not sure that it's related to firefox.When i check my display settings it always shows the monitor type as LCD 1440 x 900 But when i try to change my resolution iam not getting the option of my native resolution i.e. 1440 x 900.Iam using a Dell SE 198WFP monitor.When i try selecting that monitor from display settings it says that the settings have been changed and ask me restart X server.But when i reboot and after i select the user and enter the password it just shows that default background screen of fedora.Then i had to go to command mode, start system-config-display and select the resolution as 800 x 600 and restart to work again. iam attaching my current xorg.conf file.You can note that the monitor type is still showing LCD 1440 x 900