On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:11:15 +0100 Paul Isambert <zappathus...@free.fr> wrote:
> Quoting Richard <richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk>: > > > On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:02:44 +0100 > > Paul Isambert <zappathus...@free.fr> wrote: > > > > > Quoting Richard <richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk>: > > > > > > > On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:44:34 +0100 > > > > Paul Isambert <zappathus...@free.fr> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Le 25/11/2011 12:46, Paul Isambert a écrit : > > > > > > Hello there again, > > > > > > > > > > > > I must be cursed. As explained before, I succeeded in having my wifi > > > > > > work by switching to wheezy, following Nicolas's solution. > > > > > > > > > > > > Then I just wanted to install Vim (gVim actually). Synaptic told me > > > > > > there were tons of things to do, which I did, except it broke here > > and > > > > > > there (on thing was that dialog [box, I suppose] was impossible > > > > > > because TERM was not set, and indeed the details of progress > > > > > > appeared > > > > > > in command-line style); update was cancelled. I started again, it > > > > > > apparently progressed a little bit more, but still failed. I can't > > > > > > remembered exactly what happened, but some things were related to > > Gnome. > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, gVim was installed, but I'd lost e.g. NetworkManager in the > > > > > > taskbar (although I still had an internet connection), so I thought > > > > > > rebooting might be good. Alas, after rebooting, I had no desktop > > > > > > anymore, simply the commandline. I updated Gnome, just in case, but > > > > > > still no desktop. I launched "synaptic safe-upgrade", which did a > > > > > > lot > > > > > > of things, but didn't gave me the desktop back, even after reboot. > > > > > > > > > > > > So, what have I done wrong again? > > > > > > > > > > "startx" was the solution (I could have searched the web *before* > > asking > > > > > here). Sorry for the noise. > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > you could try deleting /etc/X11/xorg.conf, > > > > if there is corruption there, deleting it will force xconfig. > > > > > > > > just a guess HTH > > > > > > Everything is fine now. I've just replaced Gnome with Xfce, because Gnome > > > doesn't work well with wheezy for the moment. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > Strange Paul, I'm running gnome from wheezy/sid and its OK, nice and stable, > > so wheezy should be OK. > > Gnome told me on startup that it would run in restricted mode, probably > because > my video card didn't support it (or so I remember). But I'm quite happy with > Xfce, so I don't mind! > > Paul > > OK Paul, its probably not the sound card but the driver causing that. And I'm getting pretty sure its the way Debian does things. Other distros using gnome3 start in standard mode OK. If its an ATI card hang fire as the Radeon driver runs badly. -- Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown e-mail: rich...@g8jvm.com or richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call G8JVM . OS Debian Wheezy/Sid amd64 on a Dual core AMD Athlon 5200, 4 GB RAM Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W ( degs mins ) QRV HF + VHF Microwave 23 cms:140W,13 cms:100W,6 cms:10W & 3 cms:5W ################################################################################## -- 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/20111126122513.6b575...@g8jvm.com
