On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 14:49 -0700, RParr wrote:
> I am trying to add minimal X to a new installation and am getting a
> failure during xserver-xorg configuration.
>
> The console / curses display pop-up says "Null value not permitted" OK?
>
http://bugs.deb
I just started running into the EXACT same error.
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From: RParr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: xserver-xorg install/configuration fails with "null value not
permitted"
I am try
I am trying to add minimal X to a new installation and am getting a
failure during xserver-xorg configuration.
The console / curses display pop-up says "Null value not permitted" OK?
At which point any input including CTRL-C, etc. either does nothing or
pops the box back up.
I
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:22:58 +0200
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 14:20:54 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:10:39 +0200
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > > You could also google for "DXS:1313 HorizSync VertRefresh" and use
> > > one of
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 14:20:54 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:10:39 +0200
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
[...]
> > You could also google for "DXS:1313 HorizSync VertRefresh" and use
> > one of the search results as a template for your xorg.conf.
>
> The first 10 or so results from Goo
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:10:39 +0200
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<>
> Why don't you try the simplest possible configuration settings:
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Generic Monitor"
> Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> and this type of entry in the "Sc
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:41:41PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> Drew Parsons wrote:
> > By now you shouldn't need to downgrade to testing's version since a new
> > version of the old version has now been uploaded to unstable,
> > 2:1.0.2-10. This repairs the mistaken upload, overturning my warning
>
Drew Parsons wrote:
> By now you shouldn't need to downgrade to testing's version since a new
> version of the old version has now been uploaded to unstable,
> 2:1.0.2-10. This repairs the mistaken upload, overturning my warning
> email. Systems will be restored with the next mirror pulse of unst
On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 11:15 -0500, Kent West wrote:
> Drew Parsons wrote:
>
> >An upload of xserver-xorg 1:1.1.1-3 was incorrectly made to unstable
> >today. The intended target was experimental. The correct current
> >version for unstable is 1:1.0.2-9.
> >
Drew Parsons wrote:
An upload of xserver-xorg 1:1.1.1-3 was incorrectly made to unstable
today. The intended target was experimental. The correct current
version for unstable is 1:1.0.2-9.
The chief binary package affected is xserver-xorg-core. Other affected
packages are xdmx, xdmx-tools
Summary: - Unstable users,
please place xserver-xorg-core 1:1.0.2-9 on
hold,
or retrieve it from testing
or fetch your latest video driver from
experimental.
- Users of testing and stable are not
On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 21:44:46 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:44:43 +0200
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > If you don't find your monitor on the web then you can try to run
> >
> > get-edid | parse-edid
> >
> > to see what the monitor itself reports.
> >
>
> Here's the 'get-edid |
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:44:43 +0200
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 00:07:46 -0400, Celejar wrote:
<>
> > Thanks for the useful pointer to monitorworld.com. The front bezel of
> > the monitor says "Midwest Micro Elite", and since the screen is about
> > 14 inch
On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 00:07:46 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:38:44 +0200 Florian Kulzer wrote:
>
> <>
>
> > I have no experience with SiS video hardware, therefore I can only
> > make general remarks:
> >
> > If you are unsure about the capabilities of your monitor you can try
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:38:44 +0200
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<>
> I have no experience with SiS video hardware, therefore I can only make
> general remarks:
>
> If you are unsure about the capabilities of your monitor you can try to
> find it on http://www.monitorworld.com/Monito
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 00:30:45 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:44:50 +0200
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 00:10:16 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:30:37 +0200
> > > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 09:31:41 -040
ut no
systematic solution or explanation. I figure I'll ask here before
filing a bug report.
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Thanks for the reply. My OP wasn't clear; I HAD tried 'dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg' about a dozen times (purging and reinstalling, as
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:44:50 +0200
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 00:10:16 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:30:37 +0200
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 09:31:41 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > On M
lution or explanation. I figure I'll ask here
> > > > > before filing a bug report.
[...]
> > Make sure you have the following packages installed: discover (or
> > discover1), mdetect, xresprobe, read-edid. Add laptop-detect to that
> > list if you are dealing with
t; > I'm stymied about my inability to properly (re) configure my Xorg
> > > > X server; I've googled and found people with similar problems, but
> > > > no systematic solution or explanation. I figure I'll ask here
> > > > before filing a bug report
ed and found people with similar problems, but
> > > no systematic solution or explanation. I figure I'll ask here
> > > before filing a bug report.
> >
> > # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> Thanks for the reply. My OP wasn't clear; I HAD tried
t no
> > systematic solution or explanation. I figure I'll ask here before
> > filing a bug report.
>
> # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Thanks for the reply. My OP wasn't clear; I HAD tried 'dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg' about a dozen times (purging and rei
Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm stymied about my inability to properly (re) configure my Xorg X
> server; I've googled and found people with similar problems, but no
> systematic solution or explanation. I figure I'll ask here before
> filing a bug repo
pgraded a bunch of X
packages. I was warned that after the upgrade the xserver-xorg package might
not be installed. It wasn't, and I reinstalled it. The new xorg.conf wasn't
correct - it had the wrong mouse device, and even after I corrected it, the
"Display" subsections of
ck" when I finished the update,
although I doubt this would be a problem for the xserver:
# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
bzflag checkinstall dbus
On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 12:41:58PM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> Argh, I got through updating this Sid machine, but when I run startx
> I just get a gray screen and no X cursor. I have a Matrox G550 and
> was running Xinerama before.
Well, seems the the xinerama settings were confusing things.
t this would be a problem for the xserver:
# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
bzflag checkinstall dbus-1-utils ffmpeg gdk-imlib1 gksu
l
Yay, I figured it out. I had installed usbmount, which installed udev
and uninstalled hotplug. This was one of the last things I did in
xwindows. Just now I noticed that, among other errors, I had a
startup error that said something about udev unable to run; it flew by
pretty fast. Well I ran
On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 12:33:32 -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> On 7/22/06, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 05:24:10 -0500, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> >> I forgot, this stuck out at me: the first line of the error report
> >> with an error says "xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device
> >>
Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
This morning I did a dist-upgrade and everything appeared fine. It
upgraded several hundred packages, including xserver-xorg, a whole lot
of python, and some other stuff I can't remember.
Better next time use "script" and then do the dist-upgrade. Then y
On 7/22/06, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 05:24:10 -0500, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> I forgot, this stuck out at me: the first line of the error report
> with an error says "xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device
> /dev/input/mice"
> Seems weird, should it be using an
I had a similiar problem after a dist-upgrade my dev directory was... vacant. what kernel is your box running? (uname -r)you also have to make sure udevd starts up at boot up. is udevd running? "pgrep udevd -l" will let you know
whats the output of #cat /dev/input/mice (as root. if it works mov
On 7/22/06, Chuckk Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I forgot, this stuck out at me: the first line of the error reportwith an error says "xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device/dev/input/mice"I had a similar problem with a new install of etch recently. Replacing /dev/input/mice with /dev/psaux in /e
On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 05:24:10 -0500, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> I forgot, this stuck out at me: the first line of the error report
> with an error says "xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device
> /dev/input/mice"
> Seems weird, should it be using anything with the name xf86?
That is normal; many referen
ed both password and ctl-D.
On 7/22/06, Chuckk Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This morning I did a dist-upgrade and everything appeared fine. It
upgraded several hundred packages, including xserver-xorg, a whole lot
of python, and some other stuff I can't remember.
I traded so
dist-upgrade and everything appeared fine. It
upgraded several hundred packages, including xserver-xorg, a whole lot
of python, and some other stuff I can't remember.
I traded some packages around then, traded hotplug for usbmount if I
recall correctly. I did get Linux to mount my usb drive. I w
This morning I did a dist-upgrade and everything appeared fine. It
upgraded several hundred packages, including xserver-xorg, a whole lot
of python, and some other stuff I can't remember.
I traded some packages around then, traded hotplug for usbmount if I
recall correctly. I did get Lin
Haines Brown:
>
> I find it difficult to interpret ~/user/.xsession-errors, but it does
> contain the line: "g_object_ref: assertion 'object->refcount > 0'
> failed". I needed the .xsession file to hold the lines:
>
> xset s off
> xset -dpms
I had difficulties with xset a few weeks
I placed into ~/user a file .xsession that even without any content
causes the xserver to crash for user (root has no problem running
xserver).
I find it difficult to interpret ~/user/.xsession-errors, but it does
contain the line: "g_object_ref: assertion 'object->refcount &g
t 11:11:20AM -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> > > > > I recently installed xorg-xserver on my debian box (kernel 2.6.16.4).
> > > > > I don't like the fonts. Is there anything I can do about this?
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately, installing t
On Friday 16 June 2006 12:25 pm, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 09:57:50 -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> > On Thursday 15 June 2006 06:53 pm, Marc Wilson wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:11:20AM -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> > > > I recently installed
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 09:57:50 -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> On Thursday 15 June 2006 06:53 pm, Marc Wilson wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:11:20AM -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> > > i recently installed xorg-xserver on my debian box (kernel 2.6.16.4). I
> > > don
On Thursday 15 June 2006 06:53 pm, Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:11:20AM -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> > i recently installed xorg-xserver on my debian box (kernel 2.6.16.4). I
> > don't like the fonts. Is there anything I can do about this?
>
> Unfortunate
On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:11:20AM -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> i recently installed xorg-xserver on my debian box (kernel 2.6.16.4). I don't
> like the fonts. Is there anything I can do about this?
Unfortunately, installing the current Xorg from unstable gifts you with the
profou
i recently installed xorg-xserver on my debian box (kernel 2.6.16.4). I don't
like the fonts. Is there anything I can do about this?
Tom arnall
north spit, ca
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i just installed xserver-xorg. the installer never asked if i wanted it to try
to detect the graphics card. is this normal?
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On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 09:10:57AM +0300, Artem Zolochevskiy wrote:
> hi all
>
> after X upgrade (etch 7.0.20) dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg doesn't change
> xorg.conf. Any ideas why?
>
> --
> Artem Zolochevskiy
>
I learned from an earlier posting to run dexconf. I
On (12/06/06 10:35), Artem Zolochevskiy wrote:
> Andrew Schulman wrote:
> > To make dpkg-reconfigure think that xorg.conf hasn't been modified, run
> >
> > md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >| /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum
> >
> > then rerun dpkg-reconfigure xser
Andrew Schulman wrote:
> To make dpkg-reconfigure think that xorg.conf hasn't been modified, run
>
> md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >| /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum
>
> then rerun dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.
didn't help :(
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> after X upgrade (etch 7.0.20) dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg doesn't change
> xorg.conf. Any ideas why?
dpkg-reconfigure won't change it if you've modified it. It compares the
current md5sum against a stored md5sum of the original config file. If the
two are different, i
On 12/06/06, Artem Zolochevskiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
hi all
after X upgrade (etch 7.0.20) dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg doesn't change
xorg.conf. Any ideas why?
So that it doesn't overwrite any custom changes you have made? But
yes, it can back your file up and then re
hi all
after X upgrade (etch 7.0.20) dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg doesn't change
xorg.conf. Any ideas why?
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On 6/9/06, Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 04:41:17PM -0400, Michael Marsh wrote:
> I also had
> to reboot for the server to actually be able to start, but I have no
> idea why. The reboot might have cleared some temp file that was
> confusing it.
This ma
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 04:41:17PM -0400, Michael Marsh wrote:
> I also had
> to reboot for the server to actually be able to start, but I have no
> idea why. The reboot might have cleared some temp file that was
> confusing it.
This may sound silly, but did you try a '/etc/init.d/dm stop &&
/
nvidia-kernel-source
package.
I still have to get glx working, server-side. So on the off-chance that
the glx module has become unrequested during the upgrade, I try
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
which complains
xserver-xorg postint warning: not updating /etc/X11/X; file has been
customise
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 01:03:17PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:00:32PM +, Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote:
> > ?ann 2006-06-09, 08:57:21 (-0400) skrifa?i [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> > >
> > >
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:00:32PM +, Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote:
> ?ann 2006-06-09, 08:57:21 (-0400) skrifa?i [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> >
> > which complains
> >
> > xserver-xorg postint warning: not updating /etc/X11/
Þann 2006-06-09, 08:57:21 (-0400) skrifaði [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> which complains
>
> xserver-xorg postint warning: not updating /etc/X11/X; file has been
> customised
Hmm, seem to remember someone else posting about this a short while
a
, server-side. So on the off-chance that
the glx module has become unrequested during the upgrade, I try
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
which complains
xserver-xorg postint warning: not updating /etc/X11/X; file has been
customised
Well, it hasn't been. Not by me, anyway, unle
Martin D. Weinberg wrote:
Folks,
I recently upgraded my testing boxes against the repository. For three
boxes, everything is fine. For one box, the Xserver (xorg) crashes for
Gnome (and only gnome, other window manager settings on the gdm session
menu work fine [well I don't know abou
Folks,
I recently upgraded my testing boxes against the repository. For three
boxes, everything is fine. For one box, the Xserver (xorg) crashes for
Gnome (and only gnome, other window manager settings on the gdm session
menu work fine [well I don't know about kdm since it's not
t; screen first freezes, then shows only the background , goes black, shows
> the original X waiting symbol and doesn't bulge anymore, no way to acces
> the consoles or stop the xserver, i have to login through the network
> and restart (!) the laptop.
>
> Just restarting gdm do
nymore, no way to acces
the consoles or stop the xserver, i have to login through the network
and restart (!) the laptop.
Just restarting gdm doesn't do the job...
i am running debian unstable from today...
any help appreciated
Kai Sandsengen wrote:
The module will not load and the module version seems out of date, how can I solve
> this???
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
[dri] radeon.o kernel module version is 1.16.0 but version 1.17.0 or newer is
needed.
# lsmod | grep radeon
radeon 73856 0
drm
Kai Sandsengen wrote:
The module will not load and the module version seems out of date, how can I
solve this???
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
[dri] radeon.o kernel module version is 1.16.0 but version 1.17.0 or newer is
needed.
# lsmod | grep radeon
radeon 73856 0
drm
The module will not load and the module version seems out of date, how can I solve this???
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
[dri] radeon.o kernel module version is 1.16.0 but version 1.17.0 or newer is needed.
# lsmod | grep radeon
radeon 73856 0
drm61716 1 radeon
On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 23:34:57 +0100
Tore Ericsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe I cannot in the long run even resist to learn Emacs!
surely, in your newbie-ness, you meant to say ViM!
;-)
A
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Marty,
OK, that's true, I shouldn't run "testing", since it's a bit demanding to
maintain upgrades on an enough regular basis when changes are so frequent.
It demands for almost daily hands-on-the-system in a way I haven't got time
for. That is, when etch goes stable I'll probably stick to it; th
02:53 (+0100) skrifaði Tore Ericsson:
> *** xserver-xorg reconfigured and all other things work again ***
>
> Using "dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=dialog debconf" and resetting debconf
> to use the "dialog" default instead of "KDE" (which needs that dpkg
*** xserver-xorg reconfigured and all other things work again ***
Using "dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=dialog debconf" and resetting debconf
to use the "dialog" default instead of "KDE" (which needs that dpkg has
permission to use the X server, which it didn'
Tore Ericsson wrote:
> Thanks for the advice regarding debconf, this may perhaps open something:
>
>
>>... "sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf" and
>>selecting "Dialog". (This assumes you've configured your user to have
>>sufficient sudo capabilities; if not, you'll have to figure out some
>>other way
Thanks for the advice regarding debconf, this may perhaps open something:
> ... "sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf" and
> selecting "Dialog". (This assumes you've configured your user to have
> sufficient sudo capabilities; if not, you'll have to figure out some
> other way to give root access to your
h as xhost
> .) But the more serious problem, from what I can see, is the
> libkdecore file.
Regarding the second item, you can allso (as root in an xterm) run
dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=dialog debconf and there choose dialog as
your default frontend. And thereafter try to reinstall xserver
endation to run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" is not fruitful,
>since such a reconfiguration is not possible:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: xserver-xorg is broken or not fully installed
>DESTROY created ne
each persons potential creativity as regards stupidity is hard to forecast).
Now I hope that (1) either it should be possible to enough correct some key
file so, at least, enough malconfigured packages (in the best case only
xserver-xorg) could be purged by regular means and then reinstalled
Tore Ericsson wrote:
>Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
>
>
>>Tore Ericsson wrote:
>>
>>
The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
>>>and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD,
>>>I'd appreciate other
Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
> Tore Ericsson wrote:
> >>The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
> >
> >and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD,
> > I'd appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for
>
Tore Ericsson wrote:
>Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
>
>
>>Are you saying that if you "dpkg -i kdelibs4c2a_3.5.1-2_i386.deb"
>>
>>the installation of the deb will fail?
>>
>yes indeed
>
>
Oh-h-h-h.
Does it complain about the libkdecore also, as in:
>/usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup
Tuesday 7 March 2006 06:23 skrev Kent West:
> Tore Ericsson wrote:
> >>The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
> >
> >and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD,
> > I'd appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for
>
Tore Ericsson wrote:
>>The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
>>
>>
>and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD, I'd
>appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for bothering
>anyhow :)
>
>
Are you saying tha
On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 20:05 -0500, Marty wrote:
>
> Speaking of testing, in another posting you mentioned that you were
> a newbie. I admire your pluck and daring.
>
Me too.
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Tore Ericsson wrote:
Olafur,
When I try to remove xserver-xorg the Debian system tells that I have to
reinstall it first. If I try to reinstall it, I am told to first remove it
(see earlier posting). In both cases the reason is the ugly inconsistent
configuration. Two examples of this are
> The only two suggestions I'd have then is to try reinstalling whatever
and I have no means of 'reinstalling whatever' except the netinstall CD, I'd
appreciate other suggestions than what seems impossible, thanks for bothering
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Tore Ericsson wrote:
Tuesday 7 March 2006 00:05 skrev Kent West:
Tore Ericsson wrote:
My hope is that some experienced Debian user may see the key issue
(http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html) and understand
how to correct the malconfiguration that came about after
Tuesday 7 March 2006 00:05 skrev Kent West:
> Tore Ericsson wrote:
> >My hope is that some experienced Debian user may see the key issue
> >(http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html) and understand
> >how to correct the malconfiguration that came about after my fatal
> > mistake,
>
Tore Ericsson wrote:
My hope is that some experienced Debian user may see the key issue
(http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg00604.html) and understand
how to correct the malconfiguration that came about after my fatal mistake,
It's a stab-in-the-dark, but I'd try using aptitude
Monday 6 March 2006 23:03 Kai Sandsengen wrote:
> I don't see the origin of your problem (just signed up) but it might be
> the same I had.
Kai,
In the ultimate sense, we may have the "same" problem, that is, such a problem
that may be resolved by a complete Debian reinstallation.
Now since my
rking,
therefore I tried the same on my desktop (asus a8v-x, 754 amd64-xp3000,
radeon 9600), but x server or gdm wouldn't start. Base system seemed to
be working, but some error with apt (apt-setup)
Couldn't get it to start no matter what, tried:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-org
installing
Olafur,
When I try to remove xserver-xorg the Debian system tells that I have to
reinstall it first. If I try to reinstall it, I am told to first remove it
(see earlier posting). In both cases the reason is the ugly inconsistent
configuration. Two examples of this are the results of your
Andrei,
> You could try getting the .deb for xserver-xorg and linux-image... and
> install them manually with dpkg -i
>
> Just a thought
> Andrei
>
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough:
Yes, that is probably true regarding my situation
Try purging the package and then reinstalling it, removing does just
like you say, it doesnt delete the configuration files but purging
does, try dpkg --purge xserver-xorg
Or you can allso try out apt-get -f ... the -f switch is --fix-broken
(it is usually used to fix broken dependencies but
n interrupted
> Synaptic update of xserver-xorg by running "dpkg-reconfigure -a" instead of
> "dpkg --configure -a" (as adviced; yes, by now I know, I'm learning much
> though still a newbie).
>
> Effect
> ==
> My Debian GNU/Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686 (te
Angelina Carlton wrote:
Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
But now I'm even more confused. Ideally I'd like to understand why it
suddenly works. Everything I've found on the net describes the great
difficulty in configuring this laptop to run correctly at
1400x1050. Some X config files I've
Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> But now I'm even more confused. Ideally I'd like to understand why it
> suddenly works. Everything I've found on the net describes the great
> difficulty in configuring this laptop to run correctly at
> 1400x1050. Some X config files I've found (which didn't wo
I would much appreciate any idea (else than complete system
reinstallation) how to correct this fatal error.
Background
==
Unfortunately I have made a grave mistake after an interrupted
Synaptic update of xserver-xorg by running "dpkg-reconfigure -a" instead of
"dpkg --co
EMAIL PROTECTED]) Wed Dec 14
16:39:22 PST 2005
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manua
Angelina Carlton wrote:
> Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>>xf86cfg prduces a sort of working config with a 640x480 display in the
>>middle of the screen, but no mouse. Can anyone describe any other
>>methods of fighting one's way toward a working config file?
>>
>
> ugh, the attachment
Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> xf86cfg prduces a sort of working config with a 640x480 display in the
> middle of the screen, but no mouse. Can anyone describe any other
> methods of fighting one's way toward a working config file?
>
ugh, the attachment I sent dosent have that resoulution b
file preserved by dexconf, only make changes
# before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the
# "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.
#
# To change things within the debconf section, run the command:
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
# as root. Als
Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks for your reply, and I apologise for not reading the config file
> notes properly with regard to overwriting the file.
>
> I've looked at many web resources on this problem, and I don't know
> how I've missed your second link above. It looks excellent - I
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