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Re: sysvinit/gnome/display bug report



On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 23:41:40 -0400 (EDT)
Arjen Dragt <arjen_dragt@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> I am trying to determine the best category under which
> to file a Debian bug report.
> The symptoms (completely repeatable) are that trying
> to change to runlevel S (via telinit or init) does not
> work, insteat causes my screen (console - Gnome
> session) to go really wierd.....command line starts
> scrolling very fast (blank lines), any mouse clicks
> initiate multiple windows (of whatever was clicked
> on).  It looks a lot like a loop gone bad (endless
> loop).
> 
> Telinit works fine if I first shut down gdm and then
> change runlevels.
> 
> Where (category/package) should I file such a bug report?

I may have missed something, but what command were you using to try and
change runlevels? Gui or command line? If it's command line, I would do
a "dpkg -S filename" to determine which package that file belongs to and
file against that package.

HTH,
Jacob



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