This one time, at band camp, MattW said: > > On Woody, Kernel 2.4.19, Stable, > > I am running the latest Xfree85 4.2.1 version and can now boot up into > GDM console log in, but when I try to log in, it flashes the screen, > pauses, > then returns me to the login screen again. Ive tried this with several > different user accounts. > > The /var/log/Xfree86.0.log file gets the following messages: > > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, > removing from list! > (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory) > (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xf4000000,0x2000000) > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, > removing from list! > (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory) > > > So, I checked for /dev/apm_bios - it exists, but APM is disabled on my > system due to > the fact that its a dual-processor (SPM) kernel.... Is this, by chance, some kind of Mac? I remember seeing something about this on one of the various debian lists, let me look . . . here it is. It's the thread that starts with: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200210/msg02601.html and seems to imply that you should install powermgmt-base. Of course, if this is not Mac hardware, or if you feel that powermgmt-base would be too much of a pain on an SMP machine, not sure what else to tell you, but perhaps that thread will have other suggestions. HTH, Steve -- "He flung himself on his horse and rode madly off in all directions."
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