I already did that - see my follow-up comments. 4.x completely declined to work properly, regardless of my attempts to "reset" things, or just change them to something new. I had to choose 3.3.6 for things to work again, which is not only pathetic, but also reminds me of "the_other_OS" ;(
Thx for help, Stef On Monday 15 September 2003 11:18 am, Larry Sword wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Just worked on my laptop last night, and, while doing other things, > > decided to check the updates and chose to allow the X update to go > > through. Of course everything worked fine (update and such), but once > > shutting it down and restarting it this morning, in the office - X is > > broken. What do I mean by this? When starting, the screen shows lots of > > colored lines in the upper portion, after which it brings up the login > > (what used to be) acreen, but with no dialog box for input, or > > possibility to do anything (actually I can pick the username, which is > > still visible, but I cannot "guess" where the password field may be ... > > let alone the fact that this would come up - probably - with more weird > > stuff, even if able to login. > > > >In the rest, another tty (CLI) works just fine, as does non-init 5 levels. > >Anybody having any idea what could have broken with the new X? I would > >appreciate any help, as I am stuck now with a Windows box, readin/writing > > email using a browser, and all my weekend work dependent on my laptop > > (unless deciding to install Openoffice in Windows). > > > >Thx, > >Stef > > Stef, > > As root run "XFdrake" and reset your X system. > > Larry
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