latest apt-get update hosed system gdm!
On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 07:48, Philip Pinkerton wrote:
> Help Debian. The latest apt-get update/upgrade Debian Sarge unstable
broke my system!
>
> 1) System no longer recognizes the eth0 device. ( discovery?)
This I was able to work around by manually running modprobe 3c59x for my
network card. Then ifdown eth0 and ifup eth0 both if commands complained
but they still worked.
> 2) After login only mouse pointer and blank screen appear. (gdm?)
>
gdm is broken after latest upgrade. Failsafe works but no default gnome.
> I am writing this from my laptop as not my desktop is unusable and I
> cannot connect it to the network????????AAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGEEEEEEE!
I am connected and I hope another update/upgrade will correct these
problems
> Philip
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