Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off

2011-07-22 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:51 AM, jiang lei wrote: > Here is the result. I installed the nvidia-kernel-dkms and nvidia-glx > package, changed the entry from "nouveau" to "nvidia", and run startx > again. The nvidia LOGO showed and disappeared, still the black screen > is what i get. what else can i

Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off

2011-07-22 Thread jiang lei
Here is the result. I installed the nvidia-kernel-dkms and nvidia-glx package, changed the entry from "nouveau" to "nvidia", and run startx again. The nvidia LOGO showed and disappeared, still the black screen is what i get. what else can i do, remove the xorg and install it again? any suggestion?

Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off

2011-07-22 Thread jiang lei
sorry to reply so late, i was assigned a business trip for 2 weeks, now i am back. ;) actually the entry in the xorg.conf generated by "Xorg :1 -configure" was "nvidia", i changed it to "nouveau" because i could not startx. i did not mention that in the first mail. Apologies! Now i am installing

Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off

2011-07-12 Thread shawn wilson
Ok, didn't mean to run this thread off the rails. Just making sure just using startx wasn't the issue the op was experiencing. On Jul 12, 2011 3:07 AM, "Anthony Campbell" wrote: > On 11 Jul 2011, Wayne Topa wrote: >> > Not sure this is your issue but most people don't run startx directly. It's >>

Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off

2011-07-12 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Jul 2011, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Not sure this is your issue but most people don't run startx directly. It's > > generally an init script to start the desktop manager (xdm, gdm, kdm, etc). > > > Oh? I have been using startx for 15 + years now. Please let me know > why I should be using xdm,

Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off

2011-07-11 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/10/2011 01:26 PM, shawn wilson wrote: > On Jul 10, 2011 12:57 PM, "Camaleón" wrote: >> >> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:00:31 -0400, jiang lei wrote: >> >>>i can not start xserver after my laptop(lenovo T61) was forced to >>>turn >>> off while running in multi-head configuration. The laptop

Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off

2011-07-11 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:26:02 -0400, shawn wilson wrote: > On Jul 10, 2011 12:57 PM, "Camaleón" wrote: >> >> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:00:31 -0400, jiang lei wrote: >> >> >i can not start xserver after my laptop(lenovo T61) was forced to >> >turn >> > off while running in multi-head configura

Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off

2011-07-10 Thread shawn wilson
On Jul 10, 2011 12:57 PM, "Camaleón" wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:00:31 -0400, jiang lei wrote: > > >i can not start xserver after my laptop(lenovo T61) was forced to > >turn > > off while running in multi-head configuration. The laptop runs Debian > > Squeeze and i use a LCD as secon

Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off

2011-07-10 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:00:31 -0400, jiang lei wrote: >i can not start xserver after my laptop(lenovo T61) was forced to >turn > off while running in multi-head configuration. The laptop runs Debian > Squeeze and i use a LCD as secondary monitor in the office, it always > works perfectly. Y

Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off

2011-07-10 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
--- > > how can i fix the issue, any idea? thanks in advance. I suggest, not to use the noveau driver. Maybe you should try to use the nvidia-drivers, which are offered in packages. For easy installation, you should use the nvidia-kernel-dkms and nvidia-glx package. Make

Re: Debian Etch can not startx

2007-06-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 01:14:37AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 04:45:30AM +, rocky wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I got a very old PC which was purchased 6 years ago. I use Debian > > netinstall CD installed the base Debian etch system. I have been > > trying to install basic G

Re: Debian Etch can not startx

2007-06-03 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:45:30 - rocky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > I got a very old PC which was purchased 6 years ago. I use Debian > netinstall CD installed the base Debian etch system. I have been > trying to install basic GUI on it. Therefore I execute the following > command:[QUO

Re: Debian Etch can not startx

2007-06-03 Thread Mumia W..
On 06/02/2007 11:45 PM, rocky wrote: [...] I was trying dpkg-reconfigure xfree86 but it seems this does not bring me the interfaces where I can reconfigure my x-window-system. Can any of you give me some hint on how can I get over these problems please? Thanks a lot in advance! Try this: #

Re: Debian Etch can not startx

2007-06-02 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 04:45:30AM +, rocky wrote: > Hey, > > I got a very old PC which was purchased 6 years ago. I use Debian > netinstall CD installed the base Debian etch system. I have been > trying to install basic GUI on it. Therefore I execute the following > command:[QUOTE]#aptitude u

Debian Etch can not startx

2007-06-02 Thread rocky
Hey, I got a very old PC which was purchased 6 years ago. I use Debian netinstall CD installed the base Debian etch system. I have been trying to install basic GUI on it. Therefore I execute the following command:[QUOTE]#aptitude update aptitude install twm x-window-system[/QUOTE] I was asked for

Re: can not startx

2007-06-01 Thread Kent West
ve me the below error after debian logo showed off for about > 10 seconds. > I did mv /etc/rc2.d/_ S99gdm back to its original name and dpkg- > reconfigure. But I still can not startx. > > Can any of you give me some hint please? > What happens if you try starting X manually wit

can not startx

2007-06-01 Thread rocky
t;.pmf" already registered at priority 0 Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! waiting for X server to shut down ---Error end--- I did mv /etc/rc2.d/_ S99gdm back to its original name and dpkg- reconfigure. But I still can not startx. Can any of you give me some hint please? Blessings, Rocky -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]