On Thursday 28 December 2000 04:24, you wrote:
My Mandrake 7.2 is configured to boot graphically. It works well until
the point where you would normally enter your login and password.
What used to happen was it would display the shell login screen, then
open the graphical login screen over the top.
Now, once it reaches this stage, I get a blank black screen.
Ctrl-Alt-F2 does nothing, nor does Alt-F2..
I've checked the messages log and I think the problem is stated here,
but am not sure what to do about it:
Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
Dec 27 18:57:27 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
char-major-4
Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant last message repeated 67 times
Dec 27 18:57:28 revenant modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
char-major-180
file:/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.2.17/devices.txt
says char-major-4 minor 0-63 are your /dev/tty0, 1,
the next numbers are for /dev/ttys0-/dev/ttys3 Total is 67.
So you have no launch pad for your Graphical login.
file:/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/modules.dep has nothing labeled 'char', so it
should not be looking for this as a module.
My friend, it is time to experiment with replacing memory or to take a hard
look at your HDD. The kernel is showing some damage here, trying to load as
a module what is built-in (no modular options in a kernel compilation).
A temporary cure is reinstallation, but this sort of behavior means serious
trouble, most likely with hardware.
rgrep -r -i "modprobe char" /etc
showed nothing, so Mandrake initscripts and /etc/modules.conf are not causing
this behavior. Did you install anything recently, like right before this
happened? If not, look at your hardware.
Civileme
char
PLEASE help!
Thank you,
Revenant.
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