On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 11:49:00 -0300, Nicolas Garimaldi wrote: > 2007/4/18, Florian Kulzer: >> On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 16:38:47 -0300, Nicolas Garimaldi wrote: >> > Hi everyone, im a newbie with all about xserver >> > well i will try to explain my problem >> > i was using a old version of xorg server >> > but im using debian and y try to upgrade my navigator, and the >> > aptitude upgrade me ALL the system . . . so i dont think this will >> > crush the system but! >> > when the gdm start give this error:
[ snip: errors loading various xorg modules; input device nodes don't work ] >> > also i recently have the next problem i`when is initializing xorg server >> > apm: Bios not found >> > >> > i have a old compaq presario >> > and a kernel 2.6.8 >> > debian sarge or debian version 4.0 >> > >> > So i have noooo!!! idea what is the problem, if anyone can give me any >> > help i will appreciate > >> First we need to know if you have Sarge (version 3.1) or Etch (version >> 4.0). Please post the output of the following three commands: > >> cat /etc/debian_version > 4.0 > >> uname -a > Linux Notebook 2.6.8-2-386 # thu May 19 17:40:50 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux > >> dpkg -l aptitude libc6 xorg | tail -n 3 > ii aptitude 0.4.4-4 terminal-based apt frontend > ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii xorg 7.1.0-16 X.Org X Window System > >> What you say sounds like you tried to upgrade from Sarge to Etch, but we >> need to know for sure. > > mm....sound like that, also seems like my kernel is for 386 but the > system is a i686 > i dunno anything about that The i686 kernels are optimized for the newer processors, but the 386 kernels will work, too. I think for now you should not worry about this. Once everything else is fixed you can change to an i686 kernel. So here is your problem: You did an incomplete upgrade from Sarge to Etch. This is also obvious from the /etc/apt/sources.list which you posted in your other recent message. The most important thing is to upgrade your kernel to version 2.6.18. Somebody else had a similar issue very recently; please see here for details: http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2007/04/msg00089.html Also note that the upgrade instructions are available in a number of languages (including Italian): http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes (Make sure that you use one from the "Intel x86" row.) Completing the upgrade procedure should get your system running again. Report back if anything should go wrong. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
