Re: Problem re-stated
On (29/11/04 02:14), jack kinnon wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I will re-state my problem. I had been running 'stable' for months when I decided to upgrade to 'testing' via the net. I did a apt 'update' followed by a 'dist upgrade'. Because the number of bytes to be downloaded exceeded my volume-based subscription for the month, I had to continue the upgrade the following month when I had accumulated enough volume. But then the system can only boot-up in basic command-line mode, without proper log, and cannot go online.
>
> Using 'scroll-lock', I can read the following message during boot-up.
> Starting system log daemon : syslogd
> syslogd : cannot create /dev/log : address family not supported by protocol
>
> Upon examining the log files:
> /var/log/syslog has only one line as follows:
> <date & time> debian syslogd 1.4 #15 restart.
>
> XFree86.0.log is as follows:
> _XSERVTransSocketOpen: socket failed for local
> .
> .
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't
> already running.
>
>
> For your info, I was running a 2.6.3 kernel which I made from source.
> I had checked that 'Unix domain socket' was selected in the kernel config. I had re-make the kernel.
>
> dpkg --configure -a did not throw up any erroneous packages.
If you burn the new d-i installer for rc2
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
You should be able to upgrade from that
Regards
Clive
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