Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Willie <matthews.willie@×××××.com>
To: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Need Help!
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:31:50
Message-Id: CADwZqitUrouoJyVCzq4Pmj5gZ+z9im7jTaCkVP+9Crf9za6osA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Need Help! by Willie
1 On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Willie <matthews.willie@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > Fist thing I do is start XDM, login with my normal users. I can't open
4 > Session and Startup. Like I said before, I haven't been on it in XFCE for a
5 > long time. When I do that the screen becomes blurry, no keyboard, mouse or
6 > ssh access to the computer. I assume that the entire computer is frozen.
7 > There is nothing in /var/log/messages but a jump in time from when it
8 > crashed to when it started to boot again. Can't read dmesg, if I am not
9 > mistaken that starts over when you restart the computer. Haven't tried to
10 > read the Xorg.0.log or the .xsession-errors yet. I am going to try it again
11 > now and see what it says about this.
12 >
13 >
14 > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <
15 > volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
16 >
17 >> Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2012, 09:20:24 schrieb Willie:
18 >> > Hi All,
19 >> >
20 >> > I have been running a gentoo box for quite some time without a desktop
21 >> > manager. Did a lot of upgrading in between time also. The problem I am
22 >> > having is when I login I can't open any Windows. The only one that has
23 >> open
24 >> > without crashing the entire computer that I know of is VLC.
25 >> >
26 >> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
27 >>
28 >> dmesg, Xorg.0.log, .xsession-errors... for starters.
29 >> --
30 >> #163933
31 >>
32 >
33 >
34 >
35 > --
36 >
37 > Willie Matthews
38 > matthews.willie@×××××.com
39 >
40
41 The two files are empty after a reboot.
42
43 --
44
45 Willie Matthews
46 matthews.willie@×××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] Need Help! Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>