[AktiviX-discuss] startx fail on debian testing

[r7 at aktivix.org]

Quoting Alan:

> what does dmesg say ?

the only lines i could find that are at all related:

==
[343.912727] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[343.952752] i915: Unknown parameter 'modeset'
==

there were lots of the second.

> Whats your /etc/apt/source.list look like ?

==
#stable [lenny]
deb http://debian.grn.cat/debian/ stable main
deb-src http://debian.grn.cat/debian/ stable main

deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile stable/volatile main
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile stable/volatile main

#testing [squeeze]
deb http://debian.grn.cat/debian/ testing main
deb-src http://debian.grn.cat/debian/ testing main

deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
==

> Have you recompiled anything kernel related recently ?

no. all installation via aptitude.

> Failed upgrade to squeeze ?

have been using squeeze/testing happily for a few months now.

> I'd try something like
>
> aptitude reinstall linux-image-2.6.26-2-686
>
> It looks like xorg is compiled against a different kernel  
> (2.6.32-5-686) rather than the one you are running 2.6.26-2-686
>
> Maybe an
>
> aptitude reinstall xorg
>
> ?
>
> Hope that helps and hope that otherwise all is well.

i hope so too, we shall see, thanks Alan. all is good and busy, but  
not too tech oriented these days [except for diagnosing faults on  
chainsaws...].

r7