Re: Bug#333151: upgrade-reports: X broken after apt-get upgrade
On Friday 04 November 2005 00:48, Randy W. Sims wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 10:50:28AM -0700, Arthur Barlow wrote:
> >> > Package: upgrade-reports
> >> > Severity: grave
> >> > Justification: renders package unusable
> >> >
> >> > I just did an update of packages with aptitude. After I rebooted X
> >> > could not be brought up, and the error log did not list any
> >> > information.
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Could you provide us with /var/log/XFree86.0.log ?
> > That where any error messages are likely to be.
> >
> > Did you perform a sarge to sid upgrade, or just a regular sid to sid
> > update ?
>
> I've just run into this same issue. I run Debian testing, and I
> generally run `aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade` once a week or
> every other week. After updating last night I rebooted my laptop (older
> Toshiba 2655XDVD) and it would not load the Xorg server, dumping me at
> the command line login. Before this I don't remember the last time I
> rebooted; likely 4-6 weeks ago, I think.
>
> Xorg.0.log:
> <http://thepierianspring.org/misc/Xorg.0.log>
>
> Original xorg.conf:
> <http://thepierianspring.org/misc/xorg.conf.200511031337>
>
> Nothing in the config has changed. My old XF86Config-4 file has the same
> config:
>
> <http://thepierianspring.org/misc/XF86Config-4>
>
> It shows an error with the mouse. The mouse on the laptop is a stick
> mouse or eraser head, like the IBM ThinkPads. It operates on the PS2
> interface. No problems before now.
>
> Running `dpkg-reconfigure ... xserver-xorg` does not help resolve the
> issue. It tries to set it up as a synaptic mouse (I think that's a
> touchpad?). I tried a number of manual settings also without success.
>
> I'm not too savy at configuring or troubleshooting X. Any suggestions?
>
> Maybe a problem with /dev/psaux ?
>
> Thanks,
> Randy.
I got this on a couple of my boxes. Try: "modprobe mousedev"
Billy
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