Re: etch upgrade problem

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 08:23:27PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 07:38:49PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 06:21:34PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > > > Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, April > > > 10, 2007 10:35 AM -0

Re: etch upgrade problem

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 07:38:49PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 06:21:34PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > > Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, April > > 10, 2007 10:35 AM -0500: > > > I am curious whether some debconf action, or dependencies i

Re: etch upgrade problem

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 06:21:34PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, April > 10, 2007 10:35 AM -0500: > I am curious whether some debconf action, or dependencies in the deb > files, could have warned the user? Prior to a new release, I wonde

RE: etch upgrade problem

Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:35 AM -0500: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In another thread, someone suggested "dpkg-reconfigure udev" for > > other hardware detection problems, so I tried it. That refuses to > > run because it wa

RE: etch upgrade problem

Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:35 AM -0500: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In another thread, someone suggested "dpkg-reconfigure udev" for > > other hardware detection problems, so I tried it. That refuses to > > run because it wa

Re: etch upgrade problem

"Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In another thread, someone suggested "dpkg-reconfigure udev" for other > hardware detection problems, so I tried it. That refuses to run > because it wants a more recent kernel. Missed this the first time. What kernel are you running and what version o

RE: etch upgrade problem

Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 9:05 AM -0500: > Are you using gpm? IIRC the xorg.conf must be setup differently if you > use gpm. gpm package is not installed. -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: etch upgrade problem

"Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, > April 10, 2007 2:54 AM -0500: > > > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > > > failed to initialize core devices > > > > ^^^

RE: etch upgrade problem

Andrei Popescu wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 2:54 AM -0500: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > > failed to initialize core devices > > > ^^^ > > > X cannot find your mouse. Try another device

Re: etch upgrade problem

"Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Fatal server error: > > > failed to initialize core devices > > ^^^ > > X cannot find your mouse. Try another device instead of /dev/psaux. > > I have /dev/input/mice > > Same result. Have a look for errors in dmesg.

RE: etch upgrade problem

Seth Goodman wrote: >> I think your problem is in this section, see below. >> >> > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux >> > No such device. >> > (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device >> > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse" (II) >> > UnloadModu

Re: etch upgrade problem

On 4/9/07, Seth Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matt Richardson wrote on Monday, April 09, 2007 4:39 PM -0500: > I had the same problem when I upgraded sarge to etch some time ago. > The solution was to add psmouse to /etc/modules. Check out lsmod and > see if it's listed already, but I'd gu

RE: etch upgrade problem

Andrei Popescu wrote on Monday, April 09, 2007 5:28 PM -0500: > "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > packages, /usr/X11R6/bin contains only a lib directory with a few > ^ > I guess you mean /usr/X11R6/ Yes, sorry. /usr/X11R6/bin is a symlink to /usr/bin >

Re: etch upgrade problem

"Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > packages, /usr/X11R6/bin contains only a lib directory with a few ^ I guess you mean /usr/X11R6/ > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option

RE: etch upgrade problem

Matt Richardson wrote on Monday, April 09, 2007 4:39 PM -0500: > I had the same problem when I upgraded sarge to etch some time ago. > The solution was to add psmouse to /etc/modules. Check out lsmod and > see if it's listed already, but I'd guess not. cray4:~# lsmod Module Size

Re: etch upgrade problem

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 03:46:21PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > Well, a bit premature on solved status. The upgrade from Sarge to Etch > did complete after killing the screensaver process, but it did not leave > the system in a good state. Minor problems include Postgre failing on > boot, as well

RE: etch upgrade problem

Well, a bit premature on solved status. The upgrade from Sarge to Etch did complete after killing the screensaver process, but it did not leave the system in a good state. Minor problems include Postgre failing on boot, as well as a mini-DNS server that I don't believe was in Sarge failing to sta

Re: etch upgrade problem

On Monday, 09.04.2007 at 19:55 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > Perhaps it's not a good idea upgrading while X is running, but the > only problems I've ever had were when upgrading from Woody to Sarge. I > seem to remember X being shutdown, and having to continue the upgrade > from the command line. I

Re: etch upgrade problem

On Monday 09 April 2007 19:04, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:41:06AM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > > I've started an upgrade from Sarge to Etch through the Synaptic Package > > manager under Gnome. The package repositories all look for stable. I > > selected the "normal"

Re: etch upgrade problem

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:41:06AM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > I've started an upgrade from Sarge to Etch through the Synaptic Package > manager under Gnome. The package repositories all look for stable. I > selected the "normal" level of questions from the terminal interface. Please note that

RE: etch upgrade problem (SOLVED)

gianca wrote on Monday, April 09, 2007 10:04 AM -0500: > Have you tried to kill xscreensaver after remotely loggin in? Florian Kulzer wrote on Monday, April 09, 2007 10:41 AM -0500: > You can try to kill the screen saver and/or the screen lock. > However, if I kill the screen lock process on m

Re: etch upgrade problem

On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:41:06 -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > I've started an upgrade from Sarge to Etch through the Synaptic Package > manager under Gnome. The package repositories all look for stable. I > selected the "normal" level of questions from the terminal interface. > > It was going we

Re: etch upgrade problem

Seth Goodman ha scritto: > I've started an upgrade from Sarge to Etch through the Synaptic Package > all on the terminal display behind the screensaver :) Have you tried to kill xscreensaver after remotely loggin in? gc :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: Etch upgrade problem with font server

On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 17:39 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 13:03 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Greg Folkert wrote:: > > > On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 10:39 -0700, Terrence Branscombe wrote: > > > > > >> Yesterday, I took the leap and upgraded from Sarge to Etch by following

Re: Etch upgrade problem with font server

On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 13:03 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greg Folkert wrote:: > > On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 10:39 -0700, Terrence Branscombe wrote: > > > >> Yesterday, I took the leap and upgraded from Sarge to Etch by following > >> the Etch release notes as best I could. The upgrade appeare

Re: Etch upgrade problem with font server

On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 10:39 -0700, Terrence Branscombe wrote: > Yesterday, I took the leap and upgraded from Sarge to Etch by following > the Etch release notes as best I could. The upgrade appeared to work > very well, but for some font problems. I'm very new to debian and > linux, so may hav