On 2009-02-15 23:59 +0100, Pavlos Parissis wrote: > 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
How old was that paniclog file? It may or may not be related to the upgrade. > 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. Please do that and file a bug report against the upgrade-reports pseudopackage. > 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. The nvidiafb module has always been a mystery to me, it seems to be completely undocumented. Perhaps uvesafb might be worth a try? It will be considerably slower than nvidiafb, though. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
