I suspect you'll find that your issue is one of the highlights of the meeting tomorrow. Lots of people will learn lots of things. I'm sad I can't attend.
Notice that this is the most active thread I've seen on here in months. People want to help. They love that there's an opportunity to shine here. This is a missing component of the weekly meetings I'd venture to say. Kev. On Tuesday 02 October 2007 20:52:48 bogi wrote: > That,s ok, we will look at it up close. > cheers > Szemir > > On October 2, 2007 19:33, Richard Carter wrote: > > Mark, > > > > I have re-arranged things so that I can attend tomorrow's meeting. I > > don't know anything about ssh but I would be happy to bring the system > > with me, although I don' t want to take time away from those who are > > giving presentations. > > > > Robin > > > > On 10/2/07, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/2/07, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Mark, > > > > > > > > Thanks for your email. I just logged in as user and ran startx. > > > > There > > > > > > was > > > > > > > a very brief flash of blue then the screen returned to black with a > > > > > > message > > > > > > > indicating that the log file used was /var/log/Xorg.0.log and that > > > > the config file used was /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Some other lines > > > > followed that don't seem to be of much interest. Then the last 2 > > > > lines indicated that > > > > > > the > > > > > > > kernel had disabled IRQ #201 and that "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc > > > > > > refcount is > > > > > > > 2, should be 1' fixing'. > > > > > > I'm not sure about the IRQ stuff, but the refcount thing shouldn't be > > > a problem. With xorg logs, the last lines don't mean anything, the > > > error could be in the first line, it could be in the middle... who > > > knows. > > > > > > Are you going to be at the meeting tomorrow night? If so, make sure > > > you can SSH into your box, and someone should be able to help you. > > > I'll be there, but I don't use debian, so I'm not familiar with its > > > quirks. > > > > > > It is very difficult to diagnose a problem like this without seeing > > > the exact xorg log file and other files (e.g. gdm.log, kdm.log, > > > xorg.conf, etc.) Also, asking on a debian-specific list may be more > > > helpful, since it could be a well-known issue to some people... > > > > > > -Mark C. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
