Re: upgrade to lenny report
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Pavlos Parissis <p_pavlos@freemail.gr> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This morning I upgraded my etch desktop to lenny.
> All went ok but with 3 small issues.
>
> 1) Exim was refusing to start up due to no zero size on the paniclog file.
> The file was reporting a configuration error on specific line, but not on the config
> file that I use. Removing the lines from the paniclog made the exim4 to be started
> again
>
> 2) X couldn't be start up due to a missing nv driver. xserver-xorg-video-nv was not
> installed during the upgrade. I need to check the upgrade log to find out why, I use script for
> capturing the upgrade.
> Installing that package and restarting gdm solved the problem.
>
> 3) The gdm login screen is a bit more left that it should be.
> I don't have that issue inside Gnome. I haven't managed to solve that one.
>
> I use fb driver during boot in order to have 1280x1024 resolution at console.
> When I configured fb.modes file (1 year ago), I hacked a bit the 1280x1024-60 mode
> because the screen was a bit to left. Inside Gnome I have 1280x1024 at 75.
>
> Since the problem at GDM login screen matched the problem at the console, I thought
> that I could change the boot line at grub to use video=nvidiafb:1280x1024@75. But,
> after the boot fbset -s says 1280x1024-60 and GDM login screen is still a bit to
> left.
>
> I could change the setting on my monitor (Sony SDM-HS75P), but that would break the
> console screen and the screen inside Gnome, which they are fine.
>
> Nevertheless, I am happy that I have the same setup 5 years now :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Pavlos
Thanks a lot for your report, and also showing the rest how to solve
some issues that may happen.
regards,
--
Guillermo Garron
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(Using Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo)
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