[Techtalk] killed my xserver

[Figaro]

Hello,
you may want to try
#apt-get -f upgrade
Then try to restat X to see what happens.
  Next possibly
> cat /var/log/XF86.0.log | tail
#discover <enter>
#dpkg --reconfigure 'whateverXserver' (> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86)
#/etc/init.d/gdm stop <enter>
#/etc/init.d/gdm start

Still problens?
> http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian-linux-help/60792-1st-time-video-problems-newbe-please-help.html


> http://www.debianhelp.org/
Sometimes the issue is related to changed mouse type naming and connection.
mattew

Maria McKinley wrote:
> Conor Daly wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 01:42:11AM -0800 or thereabouts, Maria McKinley wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I upgraded (some packages, not the kernel), and now I can't run X. :-( I 
>>> am running Debian stable, Linux version 2.6.8-2-k7. I have tried to 
>>> re-configure XF86Config-4 with the exact specs of my monitor, but this 
>>> didn't help. I can't find anything useful in the logs either. Nothing 
>>> marked error. The only clue is that if I try to do startx (instead of 
>>> starting it with gdm), I get this message in XFree86.0.log
>> I can't be much help but did you try as root:
>>
>> X -configure
>>
>> This should probe and generate a /root/xorg.conf.new or similar.  Then you
>> run:
>>
>> X -xf86config=/root/xorg.conf.new
>>
>> to test (I can't remember the exact syntax there but the X -configure
>> command should give you the correct command to run).  If it works, that
>> should give you the standard grey screen with the 'X' cursor.
>> <ctrl><alt><backspace> to kill that.
>>
>> Conor
> 
> Is this different than doing dpkg-reconfigure?
> 
> ~maria
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