Bug#724327: upgrade-reports: After upgrading from squeeze to wheezy nor the display manager gdm3 nor xdm can start X

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:01:38PM +0200, root wrote:
> Package: upgrade-reports
> Severity: important
> 
> After upgrading from squeeze to wheezy:
> 
> If I start the system using kernel 2.6.32-5-686 neither the display manager gdm3 nor xdm
> is able to start X. Instead a text cursor is shown in the left upper corner of the blank screen.
> 
> If I start the system using kernel 2.6.26-2-686 the display manager gdm3 or xdm is able to start X
> and the login screen appears. But then, maybe due to some FAILS while booting, the keyboard and mouse does not work.
> 
> Thanks in advance for help.

Hello,

The default wheezy kernel is 3.2.0-4. In fact 2.6.32-5-686 is the squeeze kernel and
2.6.26-2-686 is the lenny kernel.

Did you upgrade the system from lenny to squeeze ? Did you try to boot 3.2.0-4 ?

Cheers,
Bill.