x broke (was: computer broke?

[Michael Havens]

Okay..,. Time to change the title because now I know what broke.... the
problem is x broke. It doesn't seem to want to play with the new kernel
nicely this time around. Before I screwed around with the 64 bit processor
and then went back to the 32 bit animal it did. What I don't understand is
why x worked with the first installation of the 32 bit processor but it
doesn't work with the current installation.

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Funny thing is I'm online with my laptop in text mode. I just pinged
> google to make sure!
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Okay... I fixed the desktop! I can now load it in 3.1.4. When I was
>> unpacking the kernel I was entering
>>
>>      dpkg -i x y z
>>
>> It liked:
>>
>>      dpkg -i x
>>      dpkg -i y
>>      dpkg -i z
>>
>> better than all on the same line.
>> But the laptop is another matter. I figured out how to boot into text
>> mode with the 3.1.4 kernel (recovery mode) but x won't start and I don't
>> know what to do. When I type sudo startx the screen just goes blank like it
>> does when I don't load in recovery mode.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Sorry about my last message. I wrote it last night at around 3:30 in
>>> the morning.
>>>
>>> Okay, here is the deal: The computer with Mint on it will not boot from
>>> the hard drive. Only from the CD. As such I have Mint running on it. On The
>>> Ububntu system (I have two computers going) I installed the 3.1.4 kernel
>>> too but it didn't like it either. The screen just goes blank if I run 3.1.4
>>> and it gives me the kernel boot option if I restart it (every other time).
>>> I tried synaptic (had to apt-get it) to remove the kernel but it wasn't in
>>> the package list. I think that is because it is a newer kernel.
>>>
>>> Hmmmm..... I changed the boot order in Mint and it now is giving the
>>> option of choosing kernels (on every other power down). Now I can boot the
>>> laptop too.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sounds kinda like your video drivers are freaking out.  Can you still
>>>> boot to external media?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why in the world don't I leave good enough alone! Well, I installed
>>>>> mint and everything was perfect. The grafics were good, the sound was good,
>>>>> everything was good after I installed the 3.1.4 kernel. Then I found out I
>>>>> wasn't taking advantage of my 64bit processor so I reinstalled with a 64bit
>>>>> operating system. That made things slower. So I reinstalled the 32 bit os
>>>>> and everything went to hell! The screen now 'jumps ' around like it is
>>>>> switching between desktops sometimes. I tried to install the 3.1.4 kernel
>>>>> but that didn't work. uname -r reveals me kernel is still 3.0.0-12....
>>>>> well, at least it hasn't crashed..... ohhhhh right after the kernel
>>>>> finished installing it did crash (the caps lock light started blinking and
>>>>> it froze). and the panicing has started! It doesn't tell me it has paniced
>>>>> but the caps lock button starts flashing and it locks up like in a panic.
>>>>> So I was thinking that perhaps this was because I extracted the .deb
>>>>> files through the GUI this time; so I did it through a shell and now after
>>>>> the option to enter bios the screen goes black. I tried hitting the escape
>>>>> key after the option to enter bios but it does nothing. It hasn't even
>>>>> entered runtime 1 (me thinks). Eek gads!
>>>>> --
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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