Hi Richard,
This is a stab in the dark.
Run the following command(s) as root:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
This goes through and creates a new xorg.conf file which may or may not help.
The other command that may help reset the kdm is
dpkg-reconfigure kdm
These may help if something got corrupted with the unexpected shutdown.
Cheers!
Neil B
On Sunday 30 September 2007 11:19, 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 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.
>
> 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 either robin or 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.
>
> Robin Carter
>
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