On 06/01/12 03:10, George wrote: > On 1/5/12, Alberto Luaces <alua...@udc.es> wrote: >> George writes: >> >>> When I boot my computer, most of the time I get a command line without >>> X starting. I have to "sudo reboot", wait for the system to reboot and >>> then I get the correct X environment (I'm using awesome window manager >>> but I also have kde installed). >>> >>> Any suggestions to troubleshoot this? >>> >> >> Some time ago, the nvidia driver had a timing issue with the X server, >> so it randomly didn't start because the driver wasn't initialized at the >> time X did.
Do you have a reference for that (for Debian, not the Ubuntu problem)?? >> >> In order to check this is the case, even you're not on nvidia hardware, >> don't reboot, but just restart your desktop manager: >> >> sudo service {kdm|gdm|xdm|...} restart > > Thanks, this allowed me to proceed to kdm without rebooting. I can > also confirm that I'm using the nvidia driver. So, is there a way to > rectify this situation so I don't have to do an explicit restart of > the service? > > The relevant /var/log/Xorg.0.log, dmesg, and /var/log/kdm.log would be the place to check for an answer to that. Cheers -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f064a2...@gmail.com