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Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05



mailmanmike@sbcglobal.net wrote:

    ----- Original Message -----
    *From:* Vasily Levin <mailto:vasaka@gmail.com>
    *To:* mailmanmike@sbcglobal.net <mailto:mailmanmike@sbcglobal.net>
    *Cc:* debian-user@lists.debian.org
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    *Sent:* Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:27 PM
    *Subject:* Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05


        Kent, and Ryan...
        Thanks again...
        I'm pretty sure GPM is not installed, I remember trying to
        install that and
        could never get it working a long time ago.
        I just checked the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the mouse is (as
        it should
        be) listed as /dev/input/mice. However I tried putting it as
        /dev/psaux to
        no avail.

        I can't understand why the dist-upgrade today would have caused
        a mouse
        config problem.

        The windows partition is NTFS...I don't know how to command line
        a logfile
        to a floppy...basiaclly I am "command-line stupid" here.
        I am somehow fairly cetain that re-installing the nvidia driver
        might help,
        I have had to do that before when other upgrades have screwed up X.
        I cannot do that with gcc4 installed. I need to remove that, but
        when I do
        it takes gcc out with it. Then if I try and install gcc again
        with only
        gcc-3.3 it won't let me...it wants gcc-4 installed. Synaptic has
        a way to
        lock in gcc3.3 but I don't know how to command line do that.



    I think dist-upgrade could force you to install udev, if it was not
    installed this could change /dev directory and now /dev/input/mice
    simply does not exist - try /dev/psaux.

    also try apt-get install module-assistant, then 'module-assistant
    auto-install nvidia', then apt-get install nvidia-glx
    nvidia-kernel-common this will install nvidia driver debian way.

    and finally try imstalling midnight commander 'apt-get install mc'
    this will help a lot with your command line troubles.
-- Vasily Levin 
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I am able to get into X by running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and choosing "vesa" video driver, then manually selecting the mouse as gpm. It will go into X but there is no mouse movement. In 
    effect it's useless, but seems like it's progress.
I have the logfile here, it is huge so I only included what seems to 
    apply to the mouse:
Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice" 
    (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2"
    (**) Option "CorePointer"
    (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer
    (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
     No such device.
    (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device
    (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Configured Mouse"
    (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
    (WW) No core pointer registered


Hi
I had a similar problem with /dev/dsp (sound) when upgrading to the latest udev. The latest udev removes hotplug and this may be the cause of the problems. 

I would try

#apt-get remove --purge udev
#apt-get install hotplug
#dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/udev-whatever.deb (use tab completion to find the version before last 70.something I think, which doesn't want to remove hotplug) 

then reboot
the dpkg -i steps will only work if you haven't apt-get clean'd lately. Although you should be able to get the deb from the debian.org site if you have. 

HTH

Wackojacko
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