Backup your config files first!!!
Neil Bower wrote:
> 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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