Hi list, I am trying to help my dad with a strange problem with his GNOME setup on Debian lenny-stable.
After having just installed the monodevelop packages from the repo and making sure dependencies were resolved, he had restarted his system, only to find that GNOME no longer brings up the desktop after logging in with GDM. A mouse pointer is shown against a red backdrop, but nothing else shows beyond that point. The hard drive stops accessing, apart from sporadic bursts. The only option at this point is to open another console to read the logs. /var/log/syslog shows the last activity to be: [ 57.090958] [drm] writeback test succeeded in 2 usecs This machine does have slight problems with the HDD sudden motion sensor, but I doubt that has anything to do with this. Xorg.conf looks normal. None of the config files look like they have problems. Would anyone know what it could be? Am I missing something, perhaps? While we can just boot from a live CD or USB, fish a few files out, and wipe and reinstall, we really, really want to avoid that if possible. Thanks for any help! --Rob -- Nobody's ever lost in life...they're merely taking the scenic route. ============================== Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ============================== -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1.2 GCS/S/M/MU d- s+: a29 C++(+++) UL++++>$ P++ L+++ E+ W+ N+ o+ K++ w--- O- M !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP(+) t+ 5++ X++ R tv b+++ DI+++ D++(---) G++ e+ h- r++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
