| sean finney on Sat, 21 Dec 2002 19:01:07 -0500 |
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hey jeff, how about you post your logfile either to the list, or better on a webpage where we can take a look at it? also, do you remember what you upgraded after the apt-get update? maybe you didn't mention it for the sake of brevity, but just to clarify apt-get update doesn't upgrade anything other than the list of what's available. what release of debian are you running? what file systems got fsck'd? all that failing, you can probably just re-install x and see if that magically fixes your problem # apt-get --reinstall install xserver-xfree86 sean On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 05:58:48PM -0500, jeff wrote: > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug > Attachment:
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