On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 14:30:53 -0400, Tyler Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Following a recent upgrade of my Etch box I have mucked up my X. I no
> longer get the graphical log-on, but after logging in startx does bring
> get me into my fluxbox desktop. In the past xdebconfigurator followed by
> dexconf solved all my problems, so I tried that. Unfortunately,
> xdebconfigurator crashed X-windows (ie the monitor went black,
> displaying only the message that no signal was being received). So then
> I dried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. I bumbled my way through that,
> after which I couldn't get into X at all.
>
> I retried the xdebconfigurator/deconf, and this time it worked, but the
> screen looks a little wonky (resolution seems off somehow, and maximized
> windows spill over the edge of the screen).
>
> So I know I've broken something, but I don't know what. I'd be happy to
> reinstall X if that will solve the problem, but how to do so? I tried
> with aptitude but succeeded only in reinstalling the metapackage itself,
> without all of its dependencies.
>
> If anyone can point me in the right direction that would be fantastic!
First of all, as far as your graphical log-on is concerned, which one
were you using when everything still worked? If you cannot recall
setting up anything specific, then it probably was xdm. Try
/etc/init.d/xdm restart
and post the error messages and/or describe what happens. (Replace "xdm"
with "gdm" or "kdm" if applicable.)
Regarding your general problem with X: Your description of the various
things you did and of the symptoms does not really make it easy to tell
what is going on. Please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and, after you run
startx, the output of the following commands:
egrep '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
lspci | grep -i vga
xdpyinfo
(xdpyinfo has to be run from a terminal within X.)
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Regards,
Florian
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