On Monday 11 December 2006 14:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 07:38:37PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 09:04:13AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Unfortunately, after the mass upgrade yesterday, the system now boots > > > without either a functioning X or a functioning net. udev complains > > > that it doesn't have a recent enough kernel, which may be part of the > > > problem (no /dev/eth*, for example). So the next step seems to be to > > > find out how to tell my apt-sources file to look at an etch-install > > > CDROM (will the netinstall CD suffice for this, or do I actually have > > > to get the first CD of the 15-odd CD set?) as a package-source and then > > > upgrade the kernel. > > > > why don't you boot sarge, chroot into etch and install a kernel from > > inside the chroot? I think udev wants a kernel >= 2.6.15, IIRC. > > Actually, it turns out that aptitude *&had* managed to install the new > kernel -- it just hadn't put it into the boot menu -- a probelm easily > fixed from the sarge system. > > I now have an etch with networking, which I can use aptitude on, but > whose X doesn't come up properly. startx brings me to the black screen > of death, xdm permits me to enter username and password, blanks the > screen as if it is doing something, and then returns to its login > screen. gdm doesn't even get to login -- it just gives the black screen > of death. > > I looks as if I will have to investigate another day -- my regular users > are showing up. > > -- hendrik > > > A
Hi Hendrik. I had problems with X on Etch, but this was originally installed from Woody cdroms. Anyway, adding a couple of modules to /etc/modules fixed the problem for me. See below. mousedev psmouse Worth a try. Nigel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
