On (29/11/04 02:14), jack kinnon wrote: > Hi folks, > > I will re-state my problem. I had been running 'stable' for months when I > decided to upgrade to 'testing' via the net. I did a apt 'update' followed by > a 'dist upgrade'. Because the number of bytes to be downloaded exceeded my > volume-based subscription for the month, I had to continue the upgrade the > following month when I had accumulated enough volume. But then the system can > only boot-up in basic command-line mode, without proper log, and cannot go > online. > > Using 'scroll-lock', I can read the following message during boot-up. > Starting system log daemon : syslogd > syslogd : cannot create /dev/log : address family not supported by protocol > > Upon examining the log files: > /var/log/syslog has only one line as follows: > <date & time> debian syslogd 1.4 #15 restart. > > XFree86.0.log is as follows: > _XSERVTransSocketOpen: socket failed for local > . > . > Fatal server error: > Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't > already running. > > > For your info, I was running a 2.6.3 kernel which I made from source. > I had checked that 'Unix domain socket' was selected in the kernel config. I > had re-make the kernel. > > dpkg --configure -a did not throw up any erroneous packages. If you burn the new d-i installer for rc2 http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
You should be able to upgrade from that Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
