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Bill Fink ha scritto:
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<pre wrap="">On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, Robert Spykerman wrote:
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<pre wrap="">2010/1/22 angelo <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:angelo_da_re@alice.it"><angelo_da_re@alice.it></a>:
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<pre wrap="">Hi Robert and thanks for your concern about my problem. The exact message
is: error at "! /etc/X11/Xmodmap". Thanks in advance, Angelo
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<pre wrap="">Hmm.. Now the other thing that would be interesting is to know where
this mesage is being issued from, ie which script. I am guessing that
an X startup script issues this but I am not sure.
To me, it sounds like xmodmap is trying to parse /etc/X11/Xmodmap and
failing. From what you've described (no change in hardware, previously
working USB peripherals etc), in the setting of an improper shutdown,
there is one highly likely explanation I can think of - your Xmodmap
file must have someway been corrupted.
Now unfortunately I do not know enough about X to say this with any
degree of certainty nor can I tell you how exactly to fix it. You may
well want to take a look at the Xmodmap file, if it's corrupt,
generate a new Xmodmap config file and see if that works.
That will mean understanding the format of the Xmodmap config file and
that will mean looking I guess, ie man xmodmap.
Please note, I could be completely wrong, I am still struggling to
figure out how a linux distro is put together. Someone more well
versed in this might be able to hep
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You can check if the Xmodmap file is corrupted by the following
procedure:
1. Find out what RPM /etc/X11/Xmodmap is a part of:
gwiz% rpm -qf /etc/X11/Xmodmap
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.9-9.fc11.x86_64
2. Now check the integrity of the xorg-x11-xinit RPM:
gwiz% rpm --verify xorg-x11-xinit
gwiz%
No output is a good sign. Check "man rpm" for an
explanation of any detected issues.
3. If the xorg-x11-xinit RPM is corrupted, you can
reinstall it as root using the command:
yum reinstall xorg-x11-xinit
Of course there could be other things also corrupted, or the
file system itself could be corrupted, perhaps causing something
else to erroneously reference the Xmodmap file, even if it isn't
corrupted itself. Hence the importance of system backups.
-Hope this helps
-Bill
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Thank you very much, Bill. When I issue the gwiz% command, it says
"command not found".<br>
Thus, I don't know what to do. Also the yum reinstall does not exist.
It lists all the possible parameters, but reinstall is not among them.
What should I do ? Thanks in advance, Angelo.<br>
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