on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 02:13:26PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti (dtoffe@cybertech.com.ar) wrote:
> I added testing (woody) to my sources.list some days ago and carried
> out an upgrade of my potato box. I got two main problems (amongst others I
> may not noticed so far):
>
> - It broke my lilo, leaving me with a missing library (/lib/ld-linux.so.2).
> I got the file mailed to me by another user, boot using floppies, and
> managed to repair the boot.
So...is your problem resolved or not?
> - My X system doesn't starts anymore. I tried configuring, reinstalling,
> reconfiguring... no luck. It seems that xdm doesn't find a running server
> and gives up.
This problem has been discussed in this list since January. Check
archives, try advice there, report back with additional information.
> I've read threads in www.debianhelp.org talking about this, and
> found others with the same (or related, such as problems with xfs, but after
> upgrading anyway) problem in #debian.
>
> Is it common to have such serious problems when upgrading to woody,
> or it was just bad luck ?
> Is there any docs on troubleshooting the upgrade ? I really don't
> know what else to try with my X system, other than downloading the full
> woody dist, building the CDs and reinstalling from scratches... :((
For troubleshooting in general:
- Check command output. In the case of X, run 'startx', 'xinit', or
just 'X' from the command line.
- Check logs. /var/log/XF86* or ~/.xsession-errors.
- Note exactly what commands you're issuing and what results you're
getting.
- Walk through your .xsession or /etc/X11/Xsession file(s) one line at
a time. It's easy to foul things up.
Cheers.
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