Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-09 Thread Kent West
Mike Chandler wrote: >It would go into gnome, but I couldn't create a new user there for some >reason. So I just searched around and around till I found that KDM bit, which >fixed the problem. That was me posting that thread, by the way. > > Ah, great. Then it's all working now? Whoo-hoo! --

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-09 Thread Mike Chandler
> IIRC, you said earlier that you can log into Gnome without this problem. > So simply log into Gnome (or into console) to create your new user. > > I just saw another thread on the list that may be relevant: "keyboard > > quit working after kde upgrade, testing". Mike Chandler writes: > >The pro

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-09 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Did the keyboard work during the KDE setup? > > > I would create a new user and log into KDE as that user, to make > >> absolutely sure that the problem is not in your user's settings. (I >> doubt that's the problem, now, but still, it's an easy test.) > > >> Assuming t

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-08 Thread mailmanmike
Did the keyboard work during the KDE setup? > I would create a new user and log into KDE as that user, to make absolutely sure that the problem is not in your user's settings. (I doubt that's the problem, now, but still, it's an easy test.) Assuming the new user has the same problem . . . I'd

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-08 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I renamed all the .kde stuff in my home dir, and booted up...KDE setup walked me through the setup, but still- no keyboard. Any idea where to look next? Thanks. Did the keyboard work during the KDE setup? I would create a new user and log into KDE as that us

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-08 Thread mailmanmike
Well, I renamed all the .kde stuff in my home dir, and booted up...KDE setup walked me through the setup, but still- no keyboard. Any idea where to look next? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-08 Thread Kent West
Mike Chandler wrote: On Monday 07 November 2005 09:26 pm, Kent West wrote: I'd try firing up KDE as a different user (or, if you don't have any KDE settings you with to preserve, rename/delete ~/.kde and ~/.kderc and/or other KDE-related files in your home directory). in my /home dire

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-08 Thread Mike Chandler
On Monday 07 November 2005 09:26 pm, Kent West wrote: > Mike Chandler wrote: > >Thanks so much Kentthe numlock light is "on" and stays on...you cannot > >turn it off. None of the other (caps lock etc) buttons do anything. > >(All this in KDE.) > > > >I think it has to do with the "newer" KDE ve

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-07 Thread Kent West
Mike Chandler wrote: >Thanks so much Kentthe numlock light is "on" and stays on...you cannot >turn it off. None of the other (caps lock etc) buttons do anything. >(All this in KDE.) > >I think it has to do with the "newer" KDE version 3.4.2 which, when I >dist-upgraded caused all the proble

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-07 Thread Mike Chandler
On Monday 07 November 2005 08:52 pm, Kent West wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Now I have a good mouse, and the nvidia driver is working so X works > > fine. > > The problem is now, the keyboard doesn't work at all. > > It's getting so close, please help me fix the keyboard? > > Does the CAPS

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-07 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Now I have a good mouse, and the nvidia driver is working so X works > fine. > The problem is now, the keyboard doesn't work at all. > It's getting so close, please help me fix the keyboard? Does the CAPSLOCK key activate the indicator LED? If you have a ?dm that allow

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-07 Thread mailmanmike
- Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 3:53 AM Subject: Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am able to get into X by running "dpkg-reconfigure

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-04 Thread mailmanmike
- Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 3:53 AM Subject: Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am able to get into X by running "dpkg-reconfigure

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-04 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I am able to get into X by running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" > and choosing "vesa" video driver, > Ah, so your earlier suspicion that your woes were caused by video driver issues was correct, notwithstanding my suggestion to tackle the mouse issue fir

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-04 Thread Wackojacko
ber 03, 2005 10:27 PM *Subject:* Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05 Kent, and Ryan... Thanks again... I'm pretty sure GPM is not installed, I remember trying to install that and could never get it working a long time ago.

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-04 Thread Andrey Andreev
Hello mailmanmike wrote: > Doing "cat /dev/input/mice" gets "no such device" (something like that) So, to recap, you had a large upgrade recently and X stopped working due to a missing input device. You found your mouse is not working. My guess would be that the upgrade removed hotplug, which cau

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread mailmanmike
  - Original Message - From: Vasily Levin To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:27 PM Subject: Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05 Kent, and Ryan...Thanks again

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread Vasily Levin
Kent, and Ryan...Thanks again...I'm pretty sure GPM is not installed, I remember trying to install that and could never get it working a long time ago. I just checked the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the mouse is (as it shouldbe) listed as /dev/input/mice. However I tried putting it as /dev/psaux to

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread mailmanmike
- Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:36 PM Subject: Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm pretty sure GPM is not installed, I remember trying to i

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm pretty sure GPM is not installed, I remember trying to install > that and could never get it working a long time ago. > I just checked the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the mouse is (as it > should be) listed as /dev/input/mice. However I tried putting it as > /dev/psa

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread mailmanmike
- Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:02 PM Subject: Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: "Kent West" <

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:44 PM > Subject: Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05 > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread Ryan Schultz
On Thursday 03 November 2005 10:39 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK, I am stuck. I cannot get the log file. I am mostly ignorant when it > comes to the in-depth stuff on Linux. The main error sems to be "fail to > initiate core devices." Ah ha! Disregard my previous messages, I was thinking about

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread Ryan Schultz
On Thursday 03 November 2005 09:46 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been using kdm, but the same thing happens when I do "startx" from a > console. > I have not set any options manually, only by dpkg-reconfigure. I have > looked at my xorg-conf file and can verify the settings are correct. > I

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread mailmanmike
- Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:44 PM Subject: Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I am stuck. I cannot get the log file. I am mostly ignorant

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK, I am stuck. I cannot get the log file. I am mostly ignorant when > it comes to the in-depth stuff on Linux. > The main error sems to be "fail to initiate core devices." > In the past, when similar problems occured, I have been able to get > into X by using the NV or

Re: Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread mailmanmike
OK, I am stuck. I cannot get the log file. I am mostly ignorant when it comes to the in-depth stuff on Linux. The main error sems to be "fail to initiate core devices." In the past, when similar problems occured, I have been able to get into X by using the NV or VESA driver instead of the nv

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread mailmanmike
- Original Message - From: "Ryan Schultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:35 PM Subject: Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05 Thanks for the reply... I have been using kdm, but the same thing happens when I do "st

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread Ryan Schultz
On Thursday 03 November 2005 09:08 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been successfully running Debian testing for a year and a half with > only occasional (and fixable) problems, running 'pt-get > dist-upgrade"several times a week. Today I did "apt-get dist-upgrade" and > now can no longer get

cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

2005-11-03 Thread mailmanmike
I have been successfully running Debian testing for a year and a half with only occasional (and fixable) problems, running 'pt-get dist-upgrade"several times a week. Today I did  "apt-get dist-upgrade" and now can no longer get into X. Upon boot, the "NVIDIA" splash will come on, like normal