Sunday, April 29, 2007

Logged Time: 10

I started at 4:00pm today April 28th 2007
I Stopped at 4:00am today April 29th 2007
Logged Today: 12 Hour
Logged Time : 51 Hours

After doing research, never found anything that could help start GUI/startx.
Did a restart, it booted into GUI automatically.
However once out of GUI, it would not go back into it.
Also, it was set to wrong resolution.
Lastly I read the script that followed after attempting to start GUI.
It said,

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xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.3068


Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
giving up.
xinit: unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
[root@localhost ~]# remove /tmp/.X0-lock
-bash: remove: command not found

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After reading it. I decided to delete .XO-lock. I had nothing else to loose. I was about to reinstall.
Using command "rm /tmp/.X0-lock" I deleted it. Attempted to restart startx, it work!
Now trying to figure out, why boot to startx on start up is using wrong resolution.

Resolution that works for monitor doesn't quite work for command-line. expanded little to far so cant see
what is being written on command line. I figure it is because I am using a windscreen monitor.
For now I will switch between resolutions for convenience. Also use SSH whenever I can, so I don't have to change them.

Figured out how to get a connection to the Internet. My UAF log on password had expired. So I logged onto
Admin. and changed it. After that I restarted the PS3 and started the Internet browser. It is working.

Got a reply from "boi" from my PS3 message box. He says that there is a Kubuntu live DVD that will run on the PS3.
This means that I can run a OS on the PS3 without a install. I will look into it a little however I will stick with FC6.
This way I will still have instructions for someone wishing to have an OS installed. However the Live DVD might come
in handy for troubleshooting later.

Received another reply from "boi" giving address for more information and ISO of Kubuntu.
Checking site for more information regarding Kubuntu, and download ISO.

Thanks to "boi" found http://psubuntu.com, a really useful site for PS3 OS.


http://ozlabs.org/~jk/projects/petitboot/
Found a GUI interface that can replace the kboot of the PS3, however it is in the testing phases, looks good.
Will do some more research on it. Might try it on next install.

Ubuntu Live CD Designed for PS3
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily-live/
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily-live/20070415/

Downloading it.

Reading articles on http://psubuntu.com/about/, looking for relevant material.


Extra:
Found that Ctrl+Alt+F1, will switch from GUI to Command line.
Useful in bad resolution situations.

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