Re: power glitch has killed X solved

[Paul Scott <waterhorsemusic@aol.com>]

On 6/15/23 10:24 AM, Paul Scott wrote:
> On 6/15/23 09:57, Paul Scott wrote:
> > It has 
> been
> > years since I needed to know some basic system stuff.  I have been 
> > running Debian sid for over 20 years.
> >
> > There was apparently a power glitch in the last 8 hours.  My desktop 
> > is fine.  My laptop which was charging only boots (grub) to the 
> > command line.
> >
> > Aptitude works and I have tried reinstalling grub and the kernel.
> >
> > I can get to a recovery mode for any of several kernels I have 
> > installed.
> >
> > I need to take this laptop to Japan tomorrow.

From aptitude a number of X11 package reinstalls has solved my X problems.

Paul