-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/18/07 04:08, David Fox wrote: > I am having a problem and I've only got a minimal xfce4 setup right > now, enough to press alt-f2 to run iceweasel. I've basically lost the > ability to start x into my normal KDE environment. I get some errors > on the controlling terminal - these error messages are strange to me. > startkde never gets to start; I get a blue screen with a mouse cursor, > and nothing more. > > In desperation, I tried geting X back by doing a basic reinstall of > the xserver-xorg package but in turn seemingly lost nvidia - and now I > cannot install nvidia-glx. I had it running (from sid) up until now. > Most if not everything xserver-xorg is running from sid rather than > from lenny because at the time lenny did not have nvidia-kernel-source > or the proper revision of nvidia-glx. > > When I attempt to install nvidia-glx I get unresolved dependencies > wanting nvidia-kernel-100.14.19, saying this is a virtual package. But > I want nvidia-kernel-source and nvidia-kernel-common, right? > > I have those two packages installed from sid's repository but still > can't get nvidia-glx (re)installed. > > Also this setup as it is is difficult to get a cut/paste or a script > of the error(s) I get when I try and startx with my normal kde > install. But I remember errors along the line of bad font path element > - and unfortunately, nothing in /var/log/Xfree86 seems to be there > detailing these errors. > > I'll probably follow up to this message in a little bit. > > Meanwhile, X is at least *somewhat* usable but this partial xfce > environment I have (no taskbars, no panel, nothing but a gray screen > and alt-f2 to run an app) isn't wanting to be tried that much longer.
This might not help you much, but I just upgraded Sid this afternoon and (using startx) GNOME and my self-installed nvidia 100.14.19 driver work fine. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA %SYSTEM-F-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHP7/FS9HxQb37XmcRAgTHAKDFFRF6ikNNYy/5FlII/Gf3ufSZlACgyNXU YAqdF/Mj5Usjwx7Y4N+f/Xo= =q9jL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
