jeff on Sat, 21 Dec 2002 18:21:05 -0500


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[PLUG] GUI refusal


Debian installed via Knoppix
AMD k6-III 400
288M ram
Trident 8M Blade video

Did apt-get update 2 days ago. Yesterday the taskbar (hidden by default) elected to remain hidden, period. Being a Windows expert, I rebooted.
Reboot seemed to just sit there right before it should power cycle so I `helped' it.
Got a `run fsck manually' message and did. Lots of problems, all fixed, boots to command line.


Startx brings up the normal grey-ish initial screen, mouse X-cursor comes up, GUI dumps immediately to prompt. Suggests I check /var/log/XFree86.0.log. The only warnings there involved missing font dirs. Everything proceeds wonderfully - no other warnings.
Last section seems to be loading PS/2 Mouse, ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5. Last line is (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Mouse" (type: MOUSE)


Nothing looks odd in the XFconfig file but I haven't seen enough of them to know.

Cards are physically secured, all connections tight and tested.

1. any ideas?
2. did I make a boo-boo by helping the computer reboot? There was no activity for quite a while. Can it take 10 minutes or more to do whatever it needs to do for the filesystem to reboot?
3. if I need to check or reinstall something, where should I start? Should I try XFconfig?
4. Why don't I Ghost the #(*@ing image for times when this happens?



With gratitude, Jeff

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