altern said : > no i did not check the /etc/apt/preferences but they should be ok. i will > double check again later today when i am back at home. The xorg server tried > few times to start the X and failed, after few atempts it just said it could > not start up and exited to console. Laptop is a IBM X32 with ATI radeon L6 i > think. pretty standard.
two machines, same config = same packages. As Ricardo pointed you must have some small diff in preferences or apt.conf. For xorg, check the log file in /var/log, look for lines that starts with (EE), use grep :) a. > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Ricardo . <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi enrike, > > Did you check the /etc/apt/preferences files? And what's the error output > from the xorg server? What video card are you using? > > Ricardo > > 2009/7/21 altern <[email protected]> > > i tried to edit /etc/X11/xorg then did "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh > xserver-xorg" but this does not change the xorg file. i renamed xorg > file with new name, run the dpkg command again but this does not write > a new xorg file. i dont know what more to do... > > altern(e)k dio: > > > hi > > how it is possible that too computers with same system, same /etc/ > apt/sources.list settings install different packages? > > i just installed monodevelop in my desktop machine and aptitude > installed monodevelop 2.0 then went to the laptop and i get > monodevelop 1.0 there. i did a previous aptitude update in both... > > argg... now i did a "safe" upgrade on the laptop and X wont start > any more. great. really safe. > > enrike > > > > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > > > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
