On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:34:45PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 03:09:39PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 14:04:57 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:30:37AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 16:41:09 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > > > I am stumbling through the move from Sarge to testing. I have > > > > > managed > > > > > to get gdm to start but if I switch to a console I lose the window > > > > > and > > > > > must restart gdm. Equally frustrating, my Wacom tablet mouse is not > > > > > recognized though it worked perfectly in Sarge and the wacom module > > > > > is > > > > > installed. > > > > > > > > > > This may be because I have not yet installed x-window-system-core. > > > > > Apt-get reports that this package and 457 other packages are not > > > > > installed as they cannot be verified. Should I go ahead and install > > > > > them anyway? > > > > [...] > > > > > > Testing is using Xorg instead of Xfree86. Once you have downloaded the > > > > archive keys and completed the upgrade, you can try "dpkg-reconfigure > > > > xserver-xorg". (This should happen automatically during the upgrade > > > > anyway.) > > > > > > > > If you still have problems with Xorg after that, post the output of the > > > > following three commands: > > > > > > > > lspci | grep -i vga > > > > awk '/Section "(Device|Monitor|Screen)"/,/EndSection/' > > > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > > > egrep '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > > > [...] > > > > > Thank you for you assistance, Florian. I am attaching the output of > > > apt-key list and sources.list. > > > > > > > > > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg > > > -------------------- > > > pub 1024R/1DB114E0 2004-01-15 [expired: 2005-01-27] > > > uid Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (2004) <[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]> > > > > > > pub 1024D/4F368D5D 2005-01-31 [expired: 2006-01-31] > > > uid Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (2005) <[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]> > > > > > > pub 1024D/B5F5BBED 2005-04-24 > > > uid Debian AMD64 Archive Key > > > <debian-amd64@lists.debian.org> > > > sub 2048g/34FC6FE5 2005-04-24 > > > > > > pub 1024D/2D230C5F 2006-01-03 [expires: 2007-02-07] > > > uid Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (2006) <[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]> > > > > [...] > > > > > deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main > > > > > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free > > > deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main contrib non-free > > > > That looks OK to me; the only thing that I notice is that you are > > missing Christian Marillat's signing key. I would propose to ignore this > > for now and to just comment out the ftp.nerim.net line. (I also think > > you have to change "sarge" to "etch" or "testing" now.) When the problem > > with X/gdm is settled you can always get the key as described here > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/05/msg02309.html > > and install what you want from Marillat's packages. > > > > [...] > > > > I think your problem is the result of an incomplete transition from > > XFree86 to Xorg. With the ftp.nerim.net line commented out, try "apt-get > > update" again. If apt is still missing some amd64-specific keys (I don't > > know too much about those) then it should at least give you the numbers > > of those keys. Post these numbers here and we can tell you were to find > > the corresponding keys. > > > > With all keys provided you should be able to do "apt-get install -f" to > > fix all unresolved issues. Once that works without errors and an > > "apt-get dist-upgrade" tells you that there are no more packages to > > upgrade, you should have a working Xorg. If that does not work we have > > to take a closer look, but first apt-get has to bring your system into a > > consistent state by completing the upgrade. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Florian > > > I now have all the lines in sources.list commented out except those for > testing. I ran "apt-get install -f" followed by "apt-get update" then > "apt-get dist-upgrade" and, finally, "apt-get install -f" again with no > problems. The final "apt-get install -f" exited with "0 upgraded, 0 > newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded" > > Rebooted. A line with a red + went by with a message something to the > effect: 'files not mounted with error code 96' but the system started at > console tty1, no X-window. Logged on as root, went to /usr/sbin and ran > gdm. X-window gnome logon screen came up and I logged on as tom, > started Mozilla and read mail. Still cannot use Wacom mouse, lsmod > shows wacom module loaded, not used. > > Regards, > Tom > Every now and then Mozilla locks up - i.e. mouse pointer moves on screen, clicks still do nothing. To escape I go to ~/.mozilla/default, get the pid that lock points to and kill it.
It occurred to me to try to start xdm rather than gdm. This didn't work and strace /etc/init.d/xdm start indicated the failure was because there is no xdm in /usr/bin/X11. whereis xdm found it in /usr/bin but I could not start it from there as I have been starting gdm from /usr/sbin. As reported in another posting, posting to the list is very delayed. I posted another message to this thread yesterday and it has yet to show up nor have any replies. Tom George > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
