Re: Subtle but annoying X startup problem

2007-02-28 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 07:22:31AM +, Bob Cox wrote: > n article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 05:30:35PM +, Bob Cox wrote: > >> >| my keysever: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: c

Re: Subtle but annoying X startup problem

2007-02-27 Thread Bob Cox
n article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 05:30:35PM +, Bob Cox wrote: >> >| my keysever: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | >> >> BTW, is a keysever something that cuts keys? Sorry!! ;-) > In this case, a key is a public

Re: Subtle but annoying X startup problem

2007-02-27 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:07:30PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 05:30:35PM +, Bob Cox wrote: > > >| my keysever: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | > > > > BTW, is a keysever something that cuts keys? Sorry!! ;-) > In this case, a key is a public gpg key,

Re: Subtle but annoying X startup problem

2007-02-27 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 05:30:35PM +, Bob Cox wrote: > >| my keysever: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | > > BTW, is a keysever something that cuts keys? Sorry!! ;-) In this case, a key is a public gpg key, half of the public-pri

Re: Subtle but annoying X startup problem

2007-02-27 Thread Bob Cox
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 09:25:51PM +, Bob Cox wrote: >> dmesg shows nothing relevant, there are a few errors in the Xorg and kdm >> logs, but these do not *seem* to be related, BICBW. >> > I like to try using 'X -config

Re: Subtle but annoying X startup problem

2007-02-27 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 09:25:51PM +, Bob Cox wrote: > dmesg shows nothing relevant, there are a few errors in the Xorg and kdm > logs, but these do not *seem* to be related, BICBW. > I like to try using 'X -configure' as a comparison to see if th

Re: Subtle but annoying X startup problem

2007-02-27 Thread Bob Cox
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew M.A. Cater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rather than hand hacking config file values: run (as root) > > dexconf > > [Branden Robinson's X configure and auto-guessing hardware script] > > then > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -plow > > [Which asks you the ques

Re: Subtle but annoying X startup problem

2007-02-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 09:25:51PM +, Bob Cox wrote: > I have used Linux for several years, but always in CLI only mode. I > have a Debian box running mail and webservers and also a couple of NSLU2 > 'slugs' running Armeb Debian. And they're all fine. > > Recently, however,I installed Etch w

Subtle but annoying X startup problem

2007-02-26 Thread Bob Cox
I have used Linux for several years, but always in CLI only mode. I have a Debian box running mail and webservers and also a couple of NSLU2 'slugs' running Armeb Debian. And they're all fine. Recently, however,I installed Etch with the default desktop settings, on a PC of reasonably modern spec