Mark Allums wrote: > On 10/24/2010 11:52 PM, lrhorer wrote: >> >> Well, this is the third or fourth upgrade to Squeeze from >> Lenny I have >> attempted, and they all have been painful. This one has failed, >> though. I upgraded and got everything working, but then I decided to >> clean up a bit. I did a couple of runs of `apt-get autoremove` and >> an >> `apt-get upgrade, along with installing startupmanager. I removed >> the >> old 2.6.26 kernel image, and then updated Grub. Then I rebooted the >> machine. Grub comes up, and if I let it boot to Windows, it works, >> but if I select Linux (normal or recovery), very shortly after >> starting to >> boot the video output from the machine just dies. I don't mean it >> goes blank, I mean the video goes away altogether, as if the machine >> is shut >> down. The monitor reports a loss of video signal, yet the PC is >> still running and continues to access the hard drive. >> >> When it was working, the machine would start out in text >> mode, but >> quickly would switch to graphics mode when booting. > > > > Do you mean when the console text mode switches fonts (to the uglier > but > more readable font), or when X is started? That is, is the first mode > set failing, or is it the second one, the actual switch to the > desktop? > If the latter, boot to single-user mode and investigate. If the > former, you need to intervene during the boot process by telling the > kernel what text mode you want manually (boot parameter).
The former. I know where and how to change this, but what is the syntax? The attempts mentioned below were a shot in the dark, since it seems the failure is right about the point where the initrd loads. > I am not certain, >> but I think it is at this same point the video output dies, now. >> I've tried booting from the installation CD and removing then >> re-installing >> xorg, kdm, and kdebase. No joy. What should I try, now? >> >> I captured the dmesg and syslog files, but nothing jumps out >> at me. Is >> there something specific for which I should look in the logs? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/wzadnvyz77hpzvvrnz2dnuvz_gadn...@giganews.com
