From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: Debian Sid startup problems Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:04:12 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40CB459C.6050509@gelm.net> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20040611160033.01fa0948@celine> <5.1.0.14.1.20040611160033.01fa0948@celine> <5.1.0.14.1.20040611183923.01fc9dc0@celine> <5.1.0.14.1.20040611215205.01faf760@celine> Reply-To: chuck@gelm.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: James Miller Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org James Miller wrote: > This is all a bit beyond me, Ray. But, taking your advice again, I looked > in /etc/modules - nothing there referring to usb. Then, I looked in > /etc/rc2.d: there, I found S15usbmgr which I changed to NoS15usbmgr. > Rebooted with the 2.6.5 kernel, issued startx - same system hang requiring > a telnet session to reboot the machine. Next, I looked in rcS.d. > Nothing about usb in there, but I found something relating to another > package I recently installed - hotplug. So, I changed S40hotplug to > NoS40hotplug. Rebooted, issued startx and - WALLA! - normal X and gui > startup! I'm not quite sure where to go from here, apart from doing some > more testing to make sure the hotplug thing is the culprit (changing > NoS15usbmgr back to S15usbmgr). I looked at the xfree log in /var/log > that you mentioned, but could not identify any significant problem areas - > not that my xfree log interpretation skills are much to speak of. > Anyway, while I do a bit more experimentation, let me just ask what you > think of upgrading X on this system to the latest 4.3? I'd like to update > it anyway. Do you think it holds any potential for resolving this > problem, or it could possibly interfere with any further troubleshooting? > Similarly, a 2.6.6 kernel is now available for Sid. While I'm not too > wild about loading a new kernel (I run vmware and so will have to compile > new modules for it if I upgrade the kernel), I would consider it if it > held some potential for resolving the current display problem. Any advice > on that? Thanks so much for your input: at least I have a vague idea now > of the problem's nature. > > James Hi, James et allia: I am wondering if that ATI video card is in hotplug's default blacklist. ??? HTH, Chuck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs