Dotan Cohen wrote: >> there is no point in trying runlevel 5 unless you explicitly changed the >> system to start gdm in runlevel 5 only, instead of the default of 2. >> > > Thanks, I see that was pointless now. > >>>> Check the error message in the log files >> as you are being dropped to tty1 it sounds like the xorg.conf might be >> messed up, /var/log/Xorg.0.log or similar will likely contain useful >> information. >> > > Thanks. Tell me, short of taking a photograph of the screen, how can I > save the output? Can I mount a USB stick? >
i guess the things i would do were: - reading the log of the X server. Lines having EE in them are errors worth investigating. - booting the live cd, mounting your root filesystem readonly and compare the livecd xorg.conf and the one on your box. - copying the original xorg.conf somewhere safe and running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg - transferring any files can be done in many different ways, a usb stick or scp/ftp to another computer would be what i'd try first. -- actual steps if the system is still in runlevel S it would be no wonder if the root filessystem ist mounted readonly and nothing else is mounted. to find out about the current runlevel, issuing who -r or runlevel will tell. mount -o remount,rw / will enable writing on the root filesystem. for testing, i would disable gdm by renaming /etc/rc2.d/SXXgdm to /etc/rc2.d/sXXgdm init 2 will then bring the system into multiuser mode with network all other partitions should be mounted then. on a different vty (ie alt-f2) i'd log in as a normal user and try if i could use startx to start X. if that fails, the log file(s) will tell. trying the autogenerated xorg.conf from the livecd can make sense, i would however diff them first. hth, tee btw, i'm on the list, no need to send me mails directly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
