Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

[Vasily Levin <vasaka@gmail.com>]

Kent, and Ryan...
Thanks again...
I'm pretty sure GPM is not installed, I remember trying to install that and
could never get it working a long time ago.
I just checked the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the mouse is (as it should
be) listed as /dev/input/mice. However I tried putting it as /dev/psaux to
no avail.

I can't understand why the dist-upgrade today would have caused a mouse
config problem.

The windows partition is NTFS...I don't know how to command line a logfile
to a floppy...basiaclly I am "command-line stupid" here.
I am somehow fairly cetain that re-installing the nvidia driver might help,
I have had to do that before when other upgrades have screwed up X.
I cannot do that with gcc4 installed. I need to remove that, but when I do
it takes gcc out with it. Then if I try and install gcc again with only
gcc-3.3 it won't let me...it wants gcc-4 installed. Synaptic has a way to
lock in gcc3.3 but I don't know how to command line do that.

I
think dist-upgrade could force you to install udev, if it was not
installed this could change /dev directory and now /dev/input/mice
simply does not exist - try /dev/psaux.

also try apt-get install module-assistant, then 'module-assistant
auto-install nvidia', then apt-get install nvidia-glx
nvidia-kernel-common this will install nvidia driver debian way.

and finally try imstalling midnight commander 'apt-get install mc' this will help a lot with your command line troubles.
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