Thanks for the tips. I have tried "startx" but got "command not found". The version of debian testing I'm using is amd64. I believe the video card is embodied in the motherboard; Gigabyte GA880-GM-UD2H.
Robin On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Rick Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > and btw, i also am using testing and ran a dist-upgrade last night. Xorg > was upgraded so i had to re-do the nvidia drivers. very likely this is your > problem. > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Rick Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Btw, i see you're running a 64-bit processor but are you also running >> 64-bit Debian? Here's some instructions for building the nvidia driver: >> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers If i remember right, there's >> some differences with the 64-bit procedure which you'll have to google if >> thats what you need. >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Rick Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> The kernel headers are required to re-compile the kernel module but but >>> in the upgrade, only the source packages are upgraded. you still need to go >>> through the process of building the module. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Joseph Hume <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> On my daughters Kubuntu 10.10 laptop if there is a kernel update I >>>> just need to install the matching kernel headers to allow the nvidia >>>> video driver to properly install before I reboot. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2/7/2011 9:35 AM, Rick Johnson wrote: >>>> >>>> did you try 'startx'? And btw, upgrades or dist-upgrades should be done >>>> without kde running (or gnome etc.). '/etc/init.d/kdm stop', log in as root >>>> and then 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade'. Otherwise you are going >>>> to upgrade packages that are running at the time and you can often break >>>> things this way. Also, if you are using a ATI or nvidia card with >>>> proprietary drivers, you will need to re-install the driver if X or the >>>> kernel is upgraded. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Richard Carter <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Folks, >>>>> >>>>> I have been running debian 6.0 testing on a desktop with an amd64 >>>>> processor. Before shutting down last night I used synaptic to check for >>>>> and >>>>> install upgrades: many were installed. >>>>> >>>>> This morning kde won't start. When I boot the system goes into what >>>>> I interpret as "terminal mode". When I type in "startkde" as user I get >>>>> "DISPLAY is not set or cannot to the X server". When I type "startkde" as >>>>> su I get: >>>>> ------ Kaboom Settings Dump------ >>>>> kdehome - "/root/.kde" - exists? YES >>>>> kde4 - "/root/kde4" - exists? NO >>>>> kdebackup - "/root/kde3-backup" exists? NO >>>>> kdestamp = "/root/.local/kaboom" exists? NO >>>>> kaboom log - "/root/.kaboom.log" >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> kaboom cannot connect to X server >>>>> >>>>> I tried using apt-get to install kde but was told the newest version >>>>> was all ready installed. >>>>> >>>>> Fortunately I already have a recent backup. I have downloaded debian >>>>> 6.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso and I'm considering re-installing. Does >>>>> anyone >>>>> have a better idea? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> [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 >
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