Re: Garnome + xfree86 4.3.0-0pre1v3 failure
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 07:03, Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
>
> I'm running Garnome 0.27.1 on debian sid+experimental. Everything was
> hunky-dory until I upgraded from 4.3.0-0pre1v1 -> 4.3.0-0pre1v3. At this
> point, gnome-session consistently hung on the Gnome2.4 splash screen. I
> wasn't able to pull anything that seemed particularly relevant out of
> .xsession-errors.
>
> Downgrading to 4.3.0-0ds4 (the only version I had access to) corrected
> the problem.
>
> I know this is far from a complete report, but I thought I'd see if
> anyone else has had similar experiences, and perhaps warn anyone that
> sees a similar problem to consider downgrading as an option. (I
> retrieved 4.3.0-0ds4 from "deb
> http://penguinppc.org/~daniels/sid/$(ARCH) ./" if anyone needs the
> same.)
You could also get older experimental versions from snapshot.debian.net.
> If anyone can suggest what I might do to upgrade successfully, or would
> like me to try something specific to try and narrow down the source of
> the problem, don't hesitate to reply.
Isolating the package which causes the problem might be a good start.
xlibs is a likely candidate, then xbase-clients maybe, and so on.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
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