On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 09:00:06 +0200, Matthias Brennwald wrote: >> On Fri, 18 May 2007 22:35:42 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: >>> On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 22:00:32 +0200, Matthias Brennwald wrote: >>> Dear all >>> >>> After my success with Debian Etch on a PowerBook-G4 I tried installing >>> Debian on a second PowerBook-G4, which is basically identical to my >>> 'first' machine. However, with the second PowerBook, changes in xorg.conf >>> (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) have no effect (I tried to setup the keyboard -- >>> right now I have to manually type 'setxkbmap ch -model macintosh' after >>> each login to get a proper keymap). Also, the .profile, .Xmodmap, and >>> .xinitrc files in my home are ignored. >>> >>> Any ideas or hints? >> The first things to check are the error messages and warnings in the >> Xorg log file. Run the following command and post its output: >> egrep '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log >> Since you seem to have a problem with the config file and/or the default >> settings, I would also like to see the results of: >> egrep '^\((==|\*\*)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log >> Also tell us how exactly you start X. From your message I get the >> impression that you use a graphical login manager, but which one? (xdm, >> kdm, gdm, ...) > > Thank you for helping me again!
No problem. Repeat customers get charged only half my normal rate. ;) > Talk about computers... this morning I boot the machine, et voila, > xorg.conf worked! And the .Xmodmap seems to have done it's magic, too. > Don't ask me why, I didn't change anything during the night (except maybe > its a new day and I slept very well...). Well, that kind of behavior should normally be reserved for that other operating system... Maybe you installed a few additional packages or upgraded some others. That sometimes means that a number of system services need to be restarted to avoid inconsistent behavior. (You can use "checkrestart" from package "debian-goodies" to test for such cases.) If you did not do a full reboot before going to bed then this might be the explanation. In any case I would not worry about it too much for now. If such inconsistent behavior happens more often then it might be wise to check a few hardware-related things. (Just start a new thread describing your symptoms if you really should have problems in the future.) > However, while xorg.conf and .Xmodmap now work, the other files still have > no effect. What I find especially annoying is that my .profile is not doing > anything at all. If I execute it manually, things work as expected, though. I have to admit that I don't know the details of how the different login managers source or don't source certain files. My ~/.xinitrc for example only has an effect if I use "startx" directly but not if I log in from kdm. ~/.Xresources seems to work reliably to make additions to the X resource database in all cases, though. For everything related to bash (the normal shell/command line environment) I put my customizations into ~/.bash_aliases. That file is sourced by ~/.bashrc (if it exists) and .bashrc is sourced by ~/.bash_profile in the default Debian setup. (The files in /etc/skel/ determine how these things are set up for each new user that you create.) To set KDE-wide environmental variables, I found it most reliable to use a script in ~/.kde/env, as described in "man startkde". I don't now the best place for such things in Gnome. > Just for completeness the result from the log files you asked are appended > below. I don't know what to say regarding 'the way I start X'. It just > starts up automatically when I boot the computer. I guess that's the way > it's set up with the default installation from the CD (it's the net-install > disk for Debian Etch, btw.). [ snip: the log excerpts ] Your log files look pretty OK to me, it seems that you are up and running without any major problems. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
