Re: installing debian on an: Apple PowerBook G4 550 (Gigabit - Ti)
On Sep 02 2009, sergio sevillano wrote:
> Rogério Brito escribió:
> >Yes, this would usually work. I'm too lazy to check the documentation on
> >how to use magic SysRq on an Apple keyboard, though.
> >
> http://www.answers.com/topic/ctrl-alt-del
I meant SysRq, not Ctrl+Alt+Del or Ctrl+Alt+Backspace or Ctrl+Alt+Fn.
> i have tried all combinations of keys you guys have told me,
> with ctrl-alt-del seems to change in brightnes a lot.
Did you try to start with just the X server? (See the manpage of X).
Also, the logs of the X server should contain precious information (see
/var/log/Xorg.0.log or files named similarly).
> so my feeling still is that all works fine, but i just can not see it.
> so i would have to type blind all commands to change settings,
> wich looks quite hard to achieve.
Well, blindly typing things is not that hard, if you do it with
attention. Also, if you have another computer, you could try to log
into it to see if there was a kernel panic or something similar.
> i think i need to restart form the begining, if theres no better idea
A reinstallation from start is usually not necessary.
Regards, Rogério Brito.
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