On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 7:35 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:16:23 -0700 (MST) > Carlos Konstanski <[email protected]> dijo: > > > On Sun, 22 Nov 2009, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > > > Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:52:20 -0800 > > > From: John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> > > > Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" > > > <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Now I've done it > > > > > > Thanks for the suggestions. I'm still not functional, but I did things > > > and stuff happened. > > > > > > First, still booted into the Karmic live CD I created an ~/.xinitrc > > > file (none existed before) and put "exec gnome-session" in it. Then I > > > rebooted to the regular boot option in Grub. Result: No change; that > > > is, mouse and keyboard worked, but no window manager and no > gnome-panel. > > > > > > Next I booted to Recovery Mode and logged in as root. I installed > > > xfce4, then edited jjj's .xinitrc file by changing the line to "exec > > > xfce4-session." Then I switched user to jjj and did cd to my home > > > folder. And then I did startx. Result: When X came up I had panels and > > > a desktop, but no mouse or keyboard. There was a popup message "failed > > > to initialize HAL." > > > > > > For my third exercise I shut down (had to use the power button) then > > > restarted to the regular session. After logging in as jjj I got the > > > same blank Gnome desktop without a panel or window manager. > > > > > > Not sure what this means. > > > > What does your HAL policy file for keyboard and mouse look like? > > > > /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-X11-input.fdi: > > No such file. I do have a /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi file, but > it looks like a template with nothing real in it. > > > Although since the keyboard and mouse work some of the time, I don't > > think your HAL policy is at fault. > > > > The description of your latest steps (above) does not mention removing > > the xorg.conf file. Have you tried that? > > I don't have an xorg.conf file. > > > I agree that Xorg.0.log is a great place to look. It's too big to post > > here, but you could either post it on one of those tinyurl sites, or > > email it to me and I'll put it up on my web server. It's a great log > > file because it reports everything that happens when X starts, not > > just those things that are "errors". > > I read through the log file, but it appeared to be just a bunch of > stuff related to setting up X for my nVidia chip. There was nothing in > it that appeared obviously wrong. > > I think Rogan is on the right track. But figuring out the details and > how to fix it is beyond my job description. :( > > At least I am back in my testing installation and I can work on things > properly. :) > > lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > You can run as root X -configure from the command line while at level 3 (won't work while you're in X itself), in a shell you can type "telinit 3" and if it auto drop you to a shell, ctrl+alt+backspace to get you there without fear of X trying to restart until you're done generating a config. It will generate an Xorg.conf file which you can then place in /etc/X11 ... perhaps Gnome is trying to initialize your bluetooth devices in some way that is causing it to barf. I wish had the gear to be able to work along with you to see if I can cause the same reproduceable failure. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
