X server hangs with black screen after applying security updates in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Issue
- After security updates, system is no longer able to start X server.
- It seems X server is not starting, getting blank screen after system restart.
- Running
startx
, or changing runlevel by usinginit 5
giving errors:
Loading extension GLX
/usr/bin/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so: undefined symbol: pci_device_map_legacy
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
Or
/usr/bin/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/X: undefined symbol: pci_legacy_open_io
giving up.
xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
Error: unable to open display / GUI
Or
Loading extension GLX
/usr/bin/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libint10.so: undefined symbol: pci_device_map_legacy
- Cannot display login page via console after recent system update.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- libpciaccess-0.12.1-2.el6.x86_64
- xorg-x11-server-utils-7.5-13.el6.x86_64
- xorg-x11-utils-7.5-6.el6.x86_64
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