X server hangs with black screen after applying security updates in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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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 using init 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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