On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Pavlos Parissis <p_pav...@freemail.gr> wrote: > Hi all, > > This morning I upgraded my etch desktop to lenny. > All went ok but with 3 small issues. > > 1) Exim was refusing to start up due to no zero size on the paniclog file. > The file was reporting a configuration error on specific line, but not on the > config > file that I use. Removing the lines from the paniclog made the exim4 to be > started > again > > 2) X couldn't be start up due to a missing nv driver. xserver-xorg-video-nv > was not > installed during the upgrade. I need to check the upgrade log to find out > why, I use script for > capturing the upgrade. > Installing that package and restarting gdm solved the problem. > > 3) The gdm login screen is a bit more left that it should be. > I don't have that issue inside Gnome. I haven't managed to solve that one. > > I use fb driver during boot in order to have 1280x1024 resolution at console. > When I configured fb.modes file (1 year ago), I hacked a bit the 1280x1024-60 > mode > because the screen was a bit to left. Inside Gnome I have 1280x1024 at 75. > > Since the problem at GDM login screen matched the problem at the console, I > thought > that I could change the boot line at grub to use video=nvidiafb:1280x1...@75. > But, > after the boot fbset -s says 1280x1024-60 and GDM login screen is still a bit > to > left. > > I could change the setting on my monitor (Sony SDM-HS75P), but that would > break the > console screen and the screen inside Gnome, which they are fine. > > Nevertheless, I am happy that I have the same setup 5 years now :-) > > Cheers, > Pavlos
Thanks a lot for your report, and also showing the rest how to solve some issues that may happen. regards, -- Guillermo Garron "Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are." (Using Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/go2linux http://www.go2linux.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
