Hello Chris The global information right after these introduction lines detailed information within your mail: answer after each question (console rights, recovery mode & xkbcomp)
regards, ralf -- I downgraded to pure Jessie, here the proof, whole command-lines ;-) ralf@debian:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free ralf@debian:~$ ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 janv. 29 07:48 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 janv. 29 07:49 .. NB: I was using deb-multimedia 'cause their ffmpeg version is compiled with apple's codecs, I transcode videos for Mac ralf@debian:~$ apt-cache policy Fichiers du paquet : 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/non-free Translation-en 500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main Translation-en 500 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/contrib Translation-en 1010 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/non-free amd64 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=jessie,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free origin security.debian.org 1010 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/contrib amd64 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=jessie,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib origin security.debian.org 1010 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=jessie,l=Debian-Security,c=main origin security.debian.org 500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ jessie/non-free Translation-en 500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main Translation-fr 500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main Translation-en 500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ jessie/contrib Translation-en 1010 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ jessie/non-free amd64 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=jessie,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.fr.debian.org 1010 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ jessie/contrib amd64 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=jessie,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.fr.debian.org 1010 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages release o=Debian,a=testing,n=jessie,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.fr.debian.org Paquets épinglés : -- Le mardi 28 janvier 2014 à 20:26 +1300, Chris Bannister a écrit : > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:53:28AM +0100, Ralf wrote: > > > Could you explain this a litte better? Which file did you > > > chmod, and how > > > do you launch X in recovery mode? > > > > under init2/3 here are the laptop's values: > > > > tty [1-6] have group set "tty" in "rw" > > tty0 remains set on root, without group privilege > > I aligned this for tty0, which made it > > > > (it looks like the system "forgets" to adjust tty0) > > Please show *exact* commands and output. > > I'm guessing you mean these: > root@tal:~# ls -al /dev/tty[0-6] > crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 Jul 15 2013 /dev/tty0 > crw------- 1 root tty 4, 1 Jan 28 2014 /dev/tty1 > crw------- 1 chrisb tty 4, 2 Jan 28 19:18 /dev/tty2 > crw------- 1 chrisb tty 4, 3 Jan 28 19:54 /dev/tty3 > crw------- 1 chrisb tty 4, 4 Jan 28 19:25 /dev/tty4 > crw------- 1 chrisb tty 4, 5 Jan 28 13:09 /dev/tty5 > crw------- 1 chrisb tty 4, 6 Jan 28 19:50 /dev/tty6 > > If I log out of tty3 then: > root@tal:~# ls -al /dev/tty[0-6] > crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 Jul 15 2013 /dev/tty0 > crw------- 1 root tty 4, 1 Jan 28 20:00 /dev/tty1 > crw------- 1 chrisb tty 4, 2 Jan 28 19:59 /dev/tty2 > crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 3 Jan 28 20:00 /dev/tty3 > crw------- 1 chrisb tty 4, 4 Jan 28 19:25 /dev/tty4 > crw------- 1 chrisb tty 4, 5 Jan 28 13:09 /dev/tty5 > crw------- 1 chrisb tty 4, 6 Jan 28 20:00 /dev/tty6 root@debian:/home/ralf# ls -al /dev/tty[0-6] crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty0 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 1 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty1 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 2 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty2 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 3 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty3 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 4 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty4 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 5 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty5 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 6 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty6 ralf@debian:~$ ls -al /dev/tty[0-6] crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty0 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 1 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty1 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 2 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty2 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 3 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty3 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 4 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty4 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 5 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty5 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 6 janv. 29 08:09 /dev/tty6 > > Still not sure what you mean by "launch X in recovery mode > In order to use the keyboard, I need to start in recovery mode. If I start through standard init scripts, in default level 2, I receive mapping warnings & errors from xkbcomp, which end with loosing the ability to use the keyboard (as soon as X has begun to run), I explained this https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/01/msg01311.html message-id CAJVhHMggg=YGhN5XDUiuw47o35jqPn=YdLhP_ou7aK=x1m9...@mail.gmail.com [it looks like there were two issues: the virtual console tty0 & xkbcomp] ------------------------------- End of answers - ralf > > > > > > > I was using wheezy, plus deb-multimedia & mozilla-esr. > > > > I upgraded and dist-upgraded to jessie, but the issue > > > remains. > > > > Default amd64 kernel config. > > > > > What is the output of: > > > root@tal:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list > > deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free > > deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free > > deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ jessie main non-free > > It's difficult to diagnose where the trouble is if you have 3rd party > repositories in use. For example, if you think you have found a bug in > packageA which is from Debian but depends on packageB from a 3rd party > repository then the bug report for packageA won't even be looked at! > > So can you get your system to a state where there are no 3rd party > packages installed, and see if the problem still exists? > > Note: Due to the way deb-multimedia.org versions their packages, it is > not as simple as just removing the entry from the sources list, > unfortunately. The package wll have to be purged then installed from the > Debian repos. > > I am curious ... what package(s) are you using from deb-multimedia.org > which isn't available from ftp.fr.debian.org? > > > > root@tal:~# ls -al /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176 déc. 21 00:41 google-chrome.list > > If removing the deb-multimedia.org repo doesn't fix it, then you'll have > to remove that as well. This is only for testing purposes, once you have > a working system, then you can start adding packages the missing > packages one by one to see when the problem starts again. > > > > > root@tal:~# apt-cache policy > > Fichiers du paquet : > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > release a=now > > 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main amd64 Packages > > release v=1.0,o=Google, Inc.,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main > > origin dl.google.com > > Well, here you have the stable repository, but the rest are for jessie. > They should all be the same (unless you're using apt-pinning?) > > -- > "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people > who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the > oppressing." --- Malcolm X > > -- 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/1390980509.4532.15.camel@debian.localdomain
