Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Colleen Beamer <colleen.beamer@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Frozen after Upgrade
Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 13:45:12
Message-Id: i2k2db4be991005030644v19fbb20eu7b7cdc1f8d49b480@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Frozen after Upgrade by Hazen Valliant-Saunders
1 On 5/3/10, Hazen Valliant-Saunders <hazenvs@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Disable your xdm login script;
3
4 I can't disable my xdm login script. My computer boots to the login
5 screen and the keyboard doesn't work so I can'l login to get a
6 terminal session.
7
8 >
9 > Regards,
10 > Hazen.
11 >
12 >
13 > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Colleen Beamer
14 > <colleen.beamer@×××××.com>wrote:
15 >
16 >> Hi,
17 >> Yesterday, I updated my system. On reboot, I get to my login screen,
18 >> but then everything is frozen - the cursor blinks in the box where I
19 >> am supposed to enter my password, but the keyboard doesn't work and my
20 >> mouse is frozen. I don't know if this has something do do with the
21 >> xorg update that happened in connection with my nvidia driver.
22 >>
23 >> I can't even kill X because, stupid me didn't configure the
24 >> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace when it was no longer automatically configured.
25 >>
26 >> Right now, I have booted from a Kubuntu live CD so was able to get
27 >> into the system to write this.
28 >>
29 >> Is there a way I can fix this without having to do a complete reinstall?
30 >>
31 >>
32 >
33 >
34 > --
35 > Hazen Valliant-Saunders
36 > IT/IS Consultant
37 > (613) 355-5977
38 >

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] Frozen after Upgrade Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] Frozen after Upgrade Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>