Derek, I am stumped and worse yet, I have to reboot into Windows to do anything productive! (An oxymoron??) Here is what I did: 1. Deleted .ICEAuthority - the file had 0 length, but I deleted it anyway startx failed 2. Looked in /etc/X11/ and found a XF86Config-4.backup file and a XF86Config-4, so I saved the -4 and copied the .backup to the -4. The most recent file in this directory was dated 2-13-04, which seems odd to me since the update was today and everything was working fine yesterday. (Today is 2-19, right?) startx failed 3. Ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 startx failed What about the error from installing xdm - what should I do about that? (from my original post): I got the following error at the end of apt-get upgrade: Setting up xdm (4.3.0-2). /var/lib/dpkg/info/xdm.config line 645 "kdm" to "xdm": command not found dpkg: error processing xdm (-- configure) subprcess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Oh, and I have about 5.4 GB of free disk space on this drive, so I do not think that is the problem. Any help will be gratefully appreciated (I will even promise to never use PayPal again!) Mark Phillips Phillips Marketing, Inc. 602 524-0376 office 480 945-9197 fax mark@phillipsmarketing.biz -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Derek Neighbors Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:41 AM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Cc: mark@phillipsmarketing.biz Subject: RE: Help - apt-get upgrade and startx does not work!! Mark Phillips said: > Austin, > > Thanks for your fast response! > > Yes, startx does not work. I start it, the screen goes black, then the > cross-hatch pattern appears then the screen goes back to the terminal > mode with a message saying the X server was stopped. > > I don't know if I use kdm. I am using KDE, and that was working before I > did apt-get upgrade. Depending on the version change likely your XF86Config-4 file was overwritten. Do you have a known good copy of an XF86Config-4 file? If not, word of warning, ALWAYS back up a good copy before upgrading X. You can do an apt-get -u upgrade and it will show what WILL be upgraded so that you can stop and backup files and such. :) Postgres is another one that you should pg_dumpall before upgrading *just in case*. Since you use KDE, first thing I would do is check if an .ICEAuthority file exists in your home directory. If it does. Delete it. Then try to startx again. If it does not, then I would look in /etc/X11/ and see if a backup version of XF86Config-4 exists (or dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 or whatever server you are using) to confirm your settings are correct. -Derek --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss