On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 12:08:41AM -0800, Lee Clark wrote: > > I am really new to this though I have tried several times over the years > since 92. > I installed debian on this HP compaq about 3 weeks ago. > Some how I have screwed up the login screen. > It loads up and starts X and it was giving me a login screen. > Now all I get is a black screen, it still plays the sound so I know I can > login but with out the screen I am blind. > Some one sugested I do a get uninstall i think of gdm which I did followed > with a get install gdm. > I am using it now so I can log in blind and it loads it all but being black > makes it hard to do any thing. > After you boot, you can hit ctrl-alt-F2 to get a console login prompt. Log in as root and run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". That'll attempt to reconfigure the xserver.
Then run "/etc/init.d/gdm restart" (assuming you're using the default installation) and see if your graphics come back. If that didn't work, hit ctrl-alt-F2 and login as root (if root is not already logged in). Run "/etc/init.d/gdm stop", followed by "X -configure", then "/etc/init.d/gdm start". See if that gets you back in business. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
