Re: Still more X trouble from the install, but some progress!
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:03:00 -0600, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
Jim Higson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:27:40 -0600, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
Yea! However, I would still encourage you to post this solution on
your original thread, for the sake of future knowledge searchers.
I will do when I finally get it sorted - the x server is still crashing!
Yes, but that was a different topic, in a different thread, with a
different subject line. Anyone searching that topic/thread might not
find your solution if it's not part of that topic/thread. Just a
suggestion . . . .
Good point. Will do.
after a few seconds moment there is a fatal server error: caught
signal 11. Server aborting.
I rebooted. This time I get the login screen, I type my
username/pasword (mouse still working), KDE starts loading but about
halfway through takes me back to the login screen. After a few tries
I try signing in as root, but this time it throws me out to the
comand line!
I don't see anything obvious; the font errors should be ignorable for
now. I suspect a problem with KDE; I'd suggest you try something
simpler for now, like icewm (apt-get install icewm, and then choose
icewm from the menu in your login screen if it exists, or create a
file in your home directory with the name .xinitrc with the single
line "icewm" in it).
but
I'm familiar with KDE though, and really like using it. In face, it was
KDE that persuaded
me to move my main computer over to linux.
Sorry; I guess I wasn't clear. I suggest you use something simpler _as a
test_, not permanently. We need to know if the problem is with X, or
with KDE. If icewm starts up okay, then we know the problem is not with
X itself.
I've just tried with sawfish, twm and gnome, I only tested for about half
an hour
each but all worked fine, sugesting a bug in KDE.
Gnome seems quite good, I've used a few times with redhat. I would rather
use KDE though because it's what I use everyday at university.
Now I've got one thing sorted out, another presents itself. I can't
even find what this singal 11
means! I expected having to relearn a lot moving to a different OS, but
I at thought I'd at least
have a working install and learn slowly from there. From the pov of a
new user these problems look
like bugs in debian stable!
I believe "Signal 11" is one of those generic messages that doesn't
really tell you much. I googled for "definition signal 11" and found
this:
http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-dev/2000-September/006444.html
which leads me to suspect that there's a list of kernel error messages
somewhere in the kernel source tree; I spent a few minutes poking
around, but didn't find it.
Debian is true to its reputation; it's not the easiest distro to get
installed. But it is the most philosophically pure in the sense of Free
software; and it tends to be the most stable (in the stable branch)
which is what server administrators want, and it's one of the easiest to
maintain over the long haul.
That's what I'm looking for!
Should I stick with debian, or is switching to another distro a better
idea? I'm enjoying the
learning process, but I wanted to be using linux for java development
by now and am getting
behind. All I really want is somthing powerful and stable to replace
windows.
Well, not knowing your schedule, it's hard to say, but you've come this
far . . . . I'd say stick with Debian; you'll learn more, be more in
control of your box, and seem to be close to the point you'd be with
other distros.
True. I'll stick with debian for now and use windows for my programming, it
sounds like it'll be worth it in the end. Sorting out debian is becoming a
real
time-sink, but hopefully it'll be worth it in the end.
--
Jim Higson
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