Need Help With Slightly Borked Debian Testing System

[Ed]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:55 PM, Ed <plug at 0x1b.com> wrote:

> 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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> damn - sorry about the top post - my bad
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