@ 328gts Once you have booted to the black screen hit Ctrl+Alt+F1
This should bring you to a console, login as normal then type
killall gdm or kdm (whichever you are using) dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (This should run you through some options)
gdm or kdm (whichever you are using)
Hopefully the xserver will reboot for you fixed up. There is really no need to run any virus software on our distro of Debian.
good luck folks.
ace
tried this but I get a constantly flashing screen with a message coming after a minute saying " The display server has been shut down about 6 times in the last 90 seconds. It is likley something bad so wait 2 minutes before trying again"??? well so much for vague computer statements ..anything else I can try?
@328gts Unfortunately this is one of the reasons I laid off of Linux on SAM for a while. I kept getting these sorts of faults which nearly always ended up in serious segmentation faults and required re-install.
When you get to the console Ctrl+Alt+ F1 (or other F keys) do you get to log in?
If so try apt-get update then apt-get dist-upgrade.
Let me know what it says, this is where my segmentation faults were identified by a number (most have been ur-recoverable).
Sorry I can't be of more help, it is frustrating but at lets you get to learn more about Linux as you go.
"quick question, I have to hit CTRL-D to continue booting up Debian each time and then it runs great....the start up screen says something like the SWAP file (my SDA7) is the wrong file type? failed CODE 8 etc....anyone know how I can fix this or is it something I can just ignore as the system runs fine once its loaded up"
Looking back on this thread, this may be a clue. Rather than hitting CTRL+D to continue you should have entered your password to undertake some maintenance
password then
fsck /dev/sdaX ( X is whichever your boot partition is, mine is sda2).
This will then check your installation and will require you to answer "y" to any fault fixing required, sometimes there are loads so be patient, although I am not sure you will get a chance to repair the original problem now you are booting ok.
well ace you were right and I had to reinstall Debian !..well just finished it and now I don't get the "hit ctr- D" to continue but I still get a pop up at the bottom of the screen saying "Your system had a kernel failure"??
few questions: any idea how to get flash working with IceWeasel? tried dumping the plugin from the net into he plugins folder but I keep getting a "I don't have permission" error?
also how can I change the default web browser in Evolution links to IceWeasel?
ah damn here we go again messing with Debian again using OO and printing nicely on my HP Laserjet 1012 and decided to start loading up some games...tried a few all is great but one racing game caused the screen to go black and screen stuttering again as last time!
anyway after a minute of this I get the same error message I got in post 78 reboot the system with no errors but now I can only login terminal style & GUi won't boot????
ok please tell me I don't have to reinstall again as this Linux newbie is getting bloody flashbacks of Windows ME ....using AmigaOS for 20 years and NEVER had to reinstall the OS (other than update/upgrade reasons)
@328gts "any idea how to get flash working with IceWeasel?"
Flash is not implemented on PPC but from memory GNASH, I just stay away from it.
"how can I change the default web browser in Evolution links to IceWeasel?"
I use not IceDove (Thunderbird) so I am not sure. I'll have a play around for you.
Big hint: Go to the Opera homepage and download and install Opera for Debian Lenny. You will find an immense difference in the speed compared to Iceweasel.
re your xserver problems, you have installed the correct kernel, there are different ones for SAM and SAM Flex.
You are doing well and yes it is frustrating but keep at it. I have learned not to fiddle or install too much. Having said that I treid AlienArena, Nexuis and others..... they don't run too well.
I find it good for OO, printing and scanning. Even vieo off the HD pushes things a bit.
ace, how can I get back into the GUI, now afetr I log in all I get is a terminal prompt again?? good thing (I guess) is that I get no error messages this time around.
328gts wrote: @nubechecorre ....anyone know if you can triple boot Sam with OS4.x/ Linux/ and the upcoming AROS port
hey just saw over at AW that the AROS port for Sam440 is available! any idea when we are going to have a 'how to' to triple boot OS4.1/ Debian? & AROS on our Sam's (hopefully the new slbv2 supports this)
ok ace, so I had to login as root cause it said I didnt have permision otherwise. This is what I get after the command logged in as root: " updating package lists..done dependency tree..done state information...done server-xorg is already the next version -xorg set to manually installed 0 newly installed, o to remove and 0 not upgraded"
please note that my monitor cuts off about 4 characters at the lhs of the screen during boot up for some reason.. I guess there isnt a command that will boot debian into some bare minium safe mode ??
..lib/dpkg/info/xerver-xprg.prerm: line 336: 2143 Segmentation fault w readlink > /dev/null 2>&1 ..eadlink command was not found. Please install version 1.13.1or later from debianutils package."
@328gts Sounds very much that way, I have never recovered from segmentation faults. But wait you are not alone, I am having a problem, suddenly my network is kaput, looks like I have some corruption in the kernel modules but I cannot force a check of the filesystem using usual commands. I'll wait until fsck runs on schedule but I am sensing a re-install also!!
Anybody have a stable experience with lenny on SAM Flex/
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..anything else I can try?
reboot the system with no errors but now I can only login terminal style & GUi won't boot????
....using AmigaOS for 20 years and NEVER had to reinstall the OS (other than update/upgrade reasons)