[gentoo-user] Need Help!

On 06/22/2012 09:20 AM, Willie wrote:

Hi All,

I have been running a gentoo box for quite some time without a
desktop manager. Did a lot of upgrading in between time also. The
problem I am having is when I login I can't open any Windows. The
only one that has open without crashing the entire computer that I
know of is VLC.

Can you give us more details about the symptoms? What steps do you
follow and what do you see, for example, when the machine finishes
booting up? What do you do to log in, and what do you do to (try)
to open a window?

Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2012, 09:20:24 schrieb Willie:

Hi All,

I have been running a gentoo box for quite some time without a desktop
manager. Did a lot of upgrading in between time also. The problem I am
having is when I login I can't open any Windows. The only one that has open
without crashing the entire computer that I know of is VLC.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

dmesg, Xorg.0.log, .xsession-errors... for starters.
#163933

Fist thing I do is start XDM, login with my normal users. I can't open
Session and Startup. Like I said before, I haven't been on it in XFCE for a
long time. When I do that the screen becomes blurry, no keyboard, mouse or
ssh access to the computer. I assume that the entire computer is frozen.
There is nothing in /var/log/messages but a jump in time from when it
crashed to when it started to boot again. Can't read dmesg, if I am not
mistaken that starts over when you restart the computer. Haven't tried to
read the Xorg.0.log or the .xsession-errors yet. I am going to try it again
now and see what it says about this.

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <
wrote:

Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2012, 09:20:24 schrieb Willie:
> Hi All,
>
> I have been running a gentoo box for quite some time without a desktop
> manager. Did a lot of upgrading in between time also. The problem I am
> having is when I login I can't open any Windows. The only one that has
open
> without crashing the entire computer that I know of is VLC.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.

dmesg, Xorg.0.log, .xsession-errors... for starters.
#163933

Willie Matthews



Fist thing I do is start XDM, login with my normal users. I can&#39;t open Session and Startup. Like I said before, I haven&#39;t been on it in XFCE for a long time. When I do that the screen becomes blurry, no keyboard, mouse or ssh access to the computer. I assume that the entire computer is frozen. There is nothing in /var/log/messages but a jump in time from when it crashed to when it started to boot again. Can&#39;t read dmesg, if I am not mistaken that starts over when you restart the computer. Haven&#39;t tried to read the Xorg.0.log or the .xsession-errors yet. I am going to try it again now and see what it says about this.<br>

<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:" target="_blank"></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2012, 09:20:24 schrieb Willie:<br>
<div class="im">&gt; Hi All,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I have been running a gentoo box for quite some time without a desktop<br>
&gt; manager. Did a lot of upgrading in between time also. The problem I am<br>
&gt; having is when I login I can&#39;t open any Windows. The only one that has open<br>
&gt; without crashing the entire computer that I know of is VLC.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Any help is greatly appreciated.<br>
<br>
</div>dmesg, Xorg.0.log, .xsession-errors... for starters.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
#163933<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><br>Willie Matthews<br><a href="mailto:" target="_blank"></a><br>

Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2012, 11:07:55 schrieb Willie:

Fist thing I do is start XDM, login with my normal users. I can't open
Session and Startup. Like I said before, I haven't been on it in XFCE for a
long time. When I do that the screen becomes blurry, no keyboard, mouse or
ssh access to the computer. I assume that the entire computer is frozen.
There is nothing in /var/log/messages but a jump in time from when it
crashed to when it started to boot again. Can't read dmesg, if I am not
mistaken that starts over when you restart the computer. Haven't tried to
read the Xorg.0.log or the .xsession-errors yet. I am going to try it again
now and see what it says about this.

protipp: in local.start:
dmesg >> /dmesg.out

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <

wrote:
> Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2012, 09:20:24 schrieb Willie:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have been running a gentoo box for quite some time without a desktop
> > manager. Did a lot of upgrading in between time also. The problem I am
> > having is when I login I can't open any Windows. The only one that has
>
> open
>
> > without crashing the entire computer that I know of is VLC.
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> dmesg, Xorg.0.log, .xsession-errors... for starters.
> #163933

#163933

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Willie wrote:

Fist thing I do is start XDM, login with my normal users. I can't open
Session and Startup. Like I said before, I haven't been on it in XFCE for a
long time. When I do that the screen becomes blurry, no keyboard, mouse or
ssh access to the computer. I assume that the entire computer is frozen.
There is nothing in /var/log/messages but a jump in time from when it
crashed to when it started to boot again. Can't read dmesg, if I am not
mistaken that starts over when you restart the computer. Haven't tried to
read the Xorg.0.log or the .xsession-errors yet. I am going to try it again
now and see what it says about this.


On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <
wrote:

Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2012, 09:20:24 schrieb Willie:
> Hi All,
>
> I have been running a gentoo box for quite some time without a desktop
> manager. Did a lot of upgrading in between time also. The problem I am
> having is when I login I can't open any Windows. The only one that has
open
> without crashing the entire computer that I know of is VLC.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.

dmesg, Xorg.0.log, .xsession-errors... for starters.
#163933

Willie Matthews

The two files are empty after a reboot.


Willie Matthews



<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Willie <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:" target="_blank"></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

Fist thing I do is start XDM, login with my normal users. I can&#39;t open Session and Startup. Like I said before, I haven&#39;t been on it in XFCE for a long time. When I do that the screen becomes blurry, no keyboard, mouse or ssh access to the computer. I assume that the entire computer is frozen. There is nothing in /var/log/messages but a jump in time from when it crashed to when it started to boot again. Can&#39;t read dmesg, if I am not mistaken that starts over when you restart the computer. Haven&#39;t tried to read the Xorg.0.log or the .xsession-errors yet. I am going to try it again now and see what it says about this.<div class="HOEnZb">

<div class="h5"><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:" target="_blank"></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2012, 09:20:24 schrieb Willie:<br>
<div>&gt; Hi All,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I have been running a gentoo box for quite some time without a desktop<br>
&gt; manager. Did a lot of upgrading in between time also. The problem I am<br>
&gt; having is when I login I can&#39;t open any Windows. The only one that has open<br>
&gt; without crashing the entire computer that I know of is VLC.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Any help is greatly appreciated.<br>
<br>
</div>dmesg, Xorg.0.log, .xsession-errors... for starters.<br>
<span><font color="#888888">--<br>
#163933<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><br>Willie Matthews<br><a href="mailto:" target="_blank"></a><br>


</font></span></blockquote></div><br>The two files are empty after a reboot.<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><br>Willie Matthews<br><a href="mailto:" target="_blank"></a><br>