Neil,
I ran both those commands. Reconfigure of kdm seemed to go ok but apparently
xserver.org is not installed.
Robin
On 10/2/07, Neil Bower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.succeedsand 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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