Need Help With Slightly Borked Debian Testing System

[Ed]

First check if your kernel got updated - it may not have picked up/remained
in sync with the options from your previous kernel. If so, try booting the
old one. Life still upside-down? that was the easy path..

Your update left you with a video driver that can no longer find a GPU -
Gnome3 requires accelerated video, the fallback looks like Gnome2. The
video and mixed-up keyboard(s) leads me to think you are going to have to
clean out your borked*  /etc/X11/xorg.conf & friends. I would put what you
have aside and try a clean regeneration of your X - once you get it
restored to the way you like, back it up  ;)
*your upgrade may have saved your original xorg.conf - look for that too

unless debian does this differently too, Hans?

Going forward, keep in mind that tools like apt & yum support typical
configurations - once you setup a complex configuration, you also need to
be able to recreate it after upgrades (which tend to restore the
conventional)

good luck


On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>wrote:

> I am running Debian testing on my laptop. I use my laptop in two
> configurations - stand alone and with an external monitor and bluetooth
> keyboard and mouse. Everything was working in that I could switch back and
> forth as needed.
>
> I then had a need to write a bunch of documents/emails in German so I
> tried to add a German keyboard mapping and dictionary to the system. I was
> successful and could switch back and forth between German and English in
> LibreOffice and Gmail using the external keyboard.
>
> I then ran an aptitude update and then an upgrade and the world collapsed.
>
> * I no longer have gnome 3, but a fall back version of gnome 2.
>
> * I can type correctly with the external keyboard, but the keyboard on the
> laptop is all messed up. The keys do not type what is printed on the keys.
>
> * I don't have a German keyboard mapping any more.
>
> I googled for some solutions, ran some dpkg-reconfigures but I just cannot
> get the laptop keyboard to work properly, nor get back to gnome 3. When I
> run an aptitude update and then upgrade now, I get this
>
> # aptitude upgrade
> Resolving dependencies...
> open: 8922; closed: 14679; defer: 68; conflict: 194
>
> and the conflicts are never resolved - the numbers just keep changing and
> the cpus are pegged at 100%.
>
> apt-get upgrade shows many packages to be upgraded, and does not report
> any dependency issues.
>
> Should I try apt-get upgrade to see if it fixes the problem? How do I go
> about fixing the keyboard and gnome 3 issues?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
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