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Richard Carter wrote:
> When I cut the power to fix the light in the front room I didn't
> realize that I had also cut the power to the room where my PC was
> running Debian 4.0. Now when I boot I get as far as the usual
> (grub?) screen with: the
This is the KDM or GDM login manager. Grub was finished a long while ago.
> debian logo and the date & time in the bottom right corner; the
> "Session Type" and "Menu" tabs at the bottom left corner and the
> "Welcome to redcube" window in the middle with space for my user
> name ("robin") and password. Now, however, when I press enter after
> choosing a desktop (kde or gnome) from the "Session Type" tab the
> screen goes black for a few seconds and then returns to its previous
> state: i.e. kde (or gnome) won't start.
You may wish to check out /var/log/kdm.log or gdm.log, I am not sure
what you are running.
You will also likely want to have a look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> However, if I choose "Console Login'" from the Menu tab
> login.succeeds and I get a message "You have new mail", which I don't
> understand. From this point I can navigate to various folders as
There is mail for the local user, likely notifying you of a problem. it
is probably a good idea to install a console mail client such as pine or
elm (there are others, these are just the two I have used).
> either robin or su.as <http://su.as> I would with konsole under kde.
> Use of ls -a suggests that my HD is ok.
>
> Thinking that kde might have vanished I tried, as su, "aptitude
> install kde" which produced the usual messages concluding that
> nothing had been installed. I guess kde is still present. I also
> tried, "aptitude update", which gave the usual result, and
> "aptitude upgrade" which tried to upgrade the kernel and advised me
> to reboot asap. Then followed line after line of the form "DROPPED
> IN=eth0 OUT=MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff: (A lot more stuff follows which I
> haven't included)". These many lines also appear, as either robin or
> root, if I don't enter any thing for several minutes.
>
> I would appreciate any help you could give me.
Check the logs. This is always a good first step.
Cheers,
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