[Novalug] no desktop after lenny install

Tue Feb 17 05:31:49 EST 2009

I was able to solve the problem. turns out somewhere down the line gnome
never was installed. go figure. debian is not complicated, it's complex

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:53 PM, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd <
JECottrell3 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I dunno how you did the upgrade, but perhaps you should try
>
> apt-get upgrade or dist-upgrade rather than update.
>
> Maybe a clean would also help.
>
> If worst comes to worst, remove your entire X/KDE/Gnome packages and
> reinstall them.
>
> JIM
>
> P.S. Also realize that occasionally, the testing and unstable upgrades get
> broken for a few days. That's why they don't call them stable.
>
> P.P.S. You might also look thru /etc/apt/sources.list and eliminate or
> comment out unnecessary repositories.
>
> P.P.P.S. Apologies if I goofed up any small details...this is meant as
> high-level advice.
>
> Norman Bird wrote:
>
>> they are not there. I see other drivers but not those I need
>>
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6120 2009-01-22 05:08 ch7017.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5884 2009-01-22 05:08 ch7xxx.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 145672 2008-06-02 15:40 chips_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  35320 2009-01-25 16:06 cirrus_alpine.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11772 2009-01-25 16:06 cirrus_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  27320 2009-01-25 16:06 cirrus_laguna.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  27012 2007-09-16 15:46 cyrix_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  13304 2008-06-02 15:56 dummy_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  56088 2008-06-05 15:39 i128_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  44552 2008-06-05 15:57 i740_drv.so
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     12 2009-02-15 12:33 i810_drv.so -> intel_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  19016 2007-09-16 15:48 imstt_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 372984 2009-01-22 05:08 intel_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5988 2009-01-22 05:08 ivch.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 194816 2008-06-12 20:19 mach64_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  70868 2008-05-22 15:28 neomagic_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103368 2008-06-12 20:16 r128_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 543476 2008-09-05 12:56 radeon_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 248304 2008-05-11 07:03 radeonhd_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 138048 2008-09-05 13:43 savage_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4808 2009-01-22 05:08 sil164.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  76876 2008-06-06 06:40 sisusb_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5768 2009-01-22 05:08 tfp410.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  51916 2008-06-06 09:13 tseng_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  45432 2008-06-13 16:25 vmware_drv.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  24940 2008-06-06 09:34 voodoo_drv.so
>>
>>
>> feel free to email them to me. :-)
>>
>> thanks, I'm still without video. will work on it some more now.
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Jon LaBadie <novalugml at jgcomp.com<mailto:
>> novalugml at jgcomp.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 03:10:03PM -0500, Norman Bird wrote:
>>     > I installed lenny fairly easy but upon reboot I only get login
>>    promt as
>>     > xserver fails to load. the error log said it was unable to fing
>>    "nv" driver,
>>     > that it did not exist. I in my limited knowledge know that I now
>>    have to
>>     > reconfigure the settings in etc/X11/xorg.conf...but I'm not sure
>>    where to
>>     > start when it says cant find the nv driver.
>>
>>    And later you said it could not find the vesa driver.
>>    These are basic and should be installed automatically.
>>
>>    So are they there?  I think both lenny and hardy ubuntu are
>>    debian based aren't they?  If so, ubuntu has its drivers in
>>    /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers.  That is where my nv and vesa
>>    drivers are located nv_drv.so and vesa_drv.so.  Also my added,
>>    proprietary nvidia_drv.so gets installed there.
>>
>>    Do you have these drivers?  Readable by all?
>>
>>    jl
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