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
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Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:41 AM
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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
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