I agree on netinstall. You get current packages the from the start so no huge update w/possible issues afterwords.
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Mel Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Robin, > > > > Which installer did you use? What was your impression of the installers? > > I think the version X.0 's tend to be the most "fun filled" :) > > I am a huge fan of the netinstall. It has been my go to installer for > more than 10 years. > > > > I want to do an install soon, but have to look at some hardware issues > > first. As soon as I can acquire > > some spare time. From the sound of things, I think acing my data backup > will > > lead to a more auspicious > > adventure. > > > > Mel > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Richard Carter <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for all the help. Last night I took the bit in my teeth and did > a > >> fresh install of debian 6.0.0 amd6. KDE now starts ok but I still have > some > >> fine tuning to do. > >> > >> Robin > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Rick Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> and... according to the specs on that mobo, you have a Radeon HD 4250 > >>> which should work just fine with the xorg-radeon driver. Its included > with > >>> Debian so there's no need to mess with the proprietary stuff. > >>> > >>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Rick Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Ok, thats weird. startx should be there as long as xorg is installed. > >>>> Anyways, lets go with the original problem... $DISPLAY is an > environment > >>>> variable which you should not need to deal with unless the upgrade > mussed up > >>>> some of the config somewhere. Try this: log in as your normal user and > 'mv > >>>> ~/.xinitrc ~/.xinitrc.old' and 'mv ~/.xsession ~/.xsession.old'. This > will > >>>> get these files out of the way for the time being (and back them up if > case > >>>> we need to put them back) and hopefully, kde can now start and create > new > >>>> versions of them. Kaboom is a migration wizard to go from kde3 to kde4 > and i > >>>> suspect it may have caused the problem. > >>>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Richard Carter < > [email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> 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. 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