On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 05:04:41AM -0400, shawn wilson wrote: > You must be really comfortable in your relationship (or want a quick escape > from it) :)
:-) She is no geek, and is not passionate about computers, but fortunately she prefers the keyboard over the mouse/touchpad, and if she is told about some of the basic keyboard shortcuts, she manages very well. Since a basic X + window manager setup allows that, she prefers it over windows or OS X. That way, i am lucky :-) > At any rate, a virtual might serve you better. Either way, to debug this you > should start without x - run level 1 IIRC. Or switch to another vt. Then, > you can see what's happening - ps, tail -f, etc. As you can see from my other mail in this thread (with changed subject line), i have narrowed down the problem to the package xserver-xorg-video-intel. As i mentioned in my reply to Davide, when that package is installed, even if i select "recovery mode" at the grub prompt, i eventually reach a black screen. Also, when i get a blank screen, i have tried key combinations such as ctrl-alt-fn-F1/2/3/4/5/6 - nothing, the screen remains blank. So i have no way of using any VT. > Btw, did you include the xorg log? I didn't. I am at my workplace, and the machine is at my home, so cannot do it right away. But it gets generated only when X starts, right? So suppose i install the package xserver-xorg-video-intel, then issue the 'startx' command, and attach the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file. But the blank screen problem will occur when i reboot. So would the xorg log file help? Thanks, arvind -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110411162112.gb1...@mbu.iisc.ernet.in
