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On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 10:48 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> Happy New Year to all! |
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> I find my self in a bit of a pickle after a recent emerge. When I |
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> enter my username+passwd at the xdm login screen it sort of tries to |
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> load up fluxbox, but within a second or so it returns to the login |
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> screen. I can't see anything worth mentioning in the logs. I have |
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> downgraded baselayout, sysvinit and freetype but the problem remains. |
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> Any ideas? These are the packages emerged recently: |
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> I don't have a problem login in at the console, so this must be |
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> xdm/Xorg related I guess. As this is the laptop that I take to work |
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> and my holidays end today all suggestions are welcomed! :) |
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This happens to me when one of my services has errors, or fails to |
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start. Look for any [ !! ] or other messages on vt1. btw, this assumes |
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you can switch back to X ok (ctrl-alt-f7 usually)? |
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HTH, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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You know you're using the computer too much when: |
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you look out of the bus/car window on the way to work and think "hey, these |
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graphics are pretty cool" |
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