From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ray Olszewski Subject: Re: Debian Sid startup problems Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:07:22 -0700 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20040611185654.01f818e0@celine> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20040611160033.01fa0948@celine> <5.1.0.14.1.20040611160033.01fa0948@celine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: References: <5.1.0.14.1.20040611160033.01fa0948@celine> <5.1.0.14.1.20040611160033.01fa0948@celine> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org At 08:36 PM 6/11/2004 -0500, James Miller wrote: >On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > > (Another option is to see if you can telnet or ssh to the system after it > > boots/inits but apparently "hangs". This could work if the problem is just > > an unusually nasty console error, but not if it is a kernel problem. Also, > > I don't know if your system is on a LAN and runs the needed daemons for > > these connections.) > >I was able to telnet into the hung system. It reacted very sluggishly, >which indicated to me there was a heavy processing load. I fired up Top, >which showed XFree86 taking 98+% of CPU. I had trouble killing it with >Top. I finally issued "reboot" and the system eventually went down. Hmmm ... sound slike X is unable to complete its initialization. But that's just a guess, and I can't even guess *ahy* this might be happening. The added questions I asked for in my last message (which I probably sent after you sent this one but before I received it) may help you pin this down. I'll wait for a response to that message before I try to suggest anything more. >In case it seems like the solution might be to upgrade/reinstall the >xserver: I can't quite figure out what Debian is doing about the fork in >the X project. Are they sticking with XFree, or going with X.org? I >tried looking for X packages in hopes of determining something about this, >but it didn't resolve much (no X11R7 packages, or whatever they're calling >the new release. sorry, but I just can't recall the name I searched under >off the top of my head, but I did get the name from a reliable source). I haven't followed this myself so cannot help you ... I cannot even confirm that there *is* a fork in X ... beyond noting that the Debian package is named xserver-xfree86, which implies it at least is staying with xfree86.org's version. For more, you might check the Debian Website (www.debian.org) yourself. [old stuff deleted] - 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