lost X after todays update
Sean Hammond
sean.hammond at gmail.com
Wed Mar 16 21:36:05 UTC 2005
Baza,
you might want to try copying the monitor (or display, I don't
remember) settings from your old XFree86 config file to the new
Xorg.conf. I don't remember exact filenames, locations, and what
section of the conf, but I found this solution on an Ubuntu forum a
few days ago. My monitor was stuck in 640x480 after updating. Your
problem sounds similar.
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> 5. Re: is rlogin secure? (Daniel Robitaille)
> 6. lost X after todays update (baza)
> 7. "Computer"-Menu actions lag by up to half a minute
> (Markus Amersdorfer)
> 8. Re: RAM (and Speed) (Vincent Trouilliez)
> 9. Re: swap partition (Simon Santoro)
> 10. Re: help with nvidia and agpgart on hoary (wylfing)
> 11. Re: swap partition (jim barnes)
> 12. Re: drop shadows? (Karl)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:04:05 -0500
> From: ssam <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: drop shadows?
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <ssam.1m066a at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
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> yes try have a look at http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/DropShadows
>
> (i was logged into the wiki so i got https)
>
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> ssam
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:54:58 -0800
> From: Bob Nielsen <nielsen at oz.net>
> Subject: Re: Grub versus Boot Manager
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:05:16AM -0800, Joe Malin wrote:
> > Once I set up PM boot manager, will grub go away?
>
> There is no harm in leaving it there. Whatever is in the mbr will
> handle booting.
> >
> > If I install a new kernel, where do I find out the information about
> > reconfiguring the boot manager?
>
> I would expect that suitable documentation comes with Partition Magic.
>
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > Bob Nielsen wrote:
> >
> > >On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 09:05:33AM -0800, Joe Malin wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Hi!
> > >>
> > >>I have dual-boot U and XP. Right now I'm using Grub as boot manager, but
> > >>I'd prefer to use Partition Magic Boot Manager. Anyone have a How-To or
> > >>doc on switching?
> > >>
> > >>And don't flame me for using XP. FrameMaker 7.1 isn't yet available for
> > >>Linux/386 (AFAIK).
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >I briefly used the PM boot manager several years ago (version 4 I
> > >believe). Setting it up was straightforward per the documentation. Of
> > >course it won't automatically update it's configuration when you install
> > >a new kernel.
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:03:27 -0500
> From: Michael R Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
> Subject: Re: is rlogin secure?
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:03:38 +1300
> From: Jim Cheetham <jim at egressive.com>
> Subject: Re: is rlogin secure?
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> On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 18:03 +0000, Soo-Hyun Choi wrote:
> > Is rlogin secure?
>
> No. Not in the slightest. rlogin should never be used - nor should any
> of the other R commands (rsh, rcp etc)
>
> These commands have a very simplistic trust hierarchy, that is trivially
> exploitable. If anyone is running an rlogin service on an
> Internet-connected port, their machine will probably be rooted
> already :-)
>
> > In Ubuntu 2.6.8.1-5-k7, the 'rlogin' has linked to 'slogin' and it is
> > again linked to 'ssh'. Is this because 'rlogin' is vulnerable? If I
> > insist on using 'rlogin', how do I change this settings?
>
> You do not need to change the setting - ssh can and will use the rhost
> authentication methods if asked.
>
> But no-one does :-)
>
> I would be interested to know why you "insist on using rlogin" - we may
> be able to show you an equivalent way to use ssh.
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:10:32 -0800
> From: Daniel Robitaille <robitaille at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: is rlogin secure?
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> > Is rlogin secure?
>
> no. just do a google search on "rlogin insecure" to get some urls about this.
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:17:45 +0000
> From: baza <baza at themauvezone.fsnet.co.uk>
> Subject: lost X after todays update
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>,
> ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
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> I've just done today's Hoary update. When I rebooted my monitor
> complained it could not display this video mode. (dell e172fp)
>
> After editing xorg.conf I got X back up, but can now only get 1024x768.
> Before I was running at 1280X1024
>
> Ideas?
>
> Baza
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:21:41 +0000
> From: Markus Amersdorfer <der.plusch.lists at gmx.at>
> Subject: "Computer"-Menu actions lag by up to half a minute
> To: Ubuntu Users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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>
> Hi everybody,
>
> Sometimes, it takes up to half a minute or more for the commands
> "Computer -- Log Out" and "Computer -- Lock Screen" to come up with a
> reaction after I initiated them.
> The system simply doesn't seem to do anything initially, but after this
> long break it then reacts accordingly.
> Most of the time that is at least: sometimes, when nothing happens
> seems to be going to happen at all, I then need to reboot the machine
> (via the console) in order for the system to become stable again.
> (Killing X works from time to time, but more often X will not come up
> after killing it anymore ...)
>
> Any idea what's going on and how to fix this?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Cheers,
> Markus
>
> PS:
> The system is Ubuntu 4.10 running on a Mobile P3 1GHz, the graphics chip
> is an Intel i830 (X' driver used is i810).
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:35:36 +0100
> From: Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr>
> Subject: Re: RAM (and Speed)
> To: Ubuntu mailing list <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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>
> > Dear Vince,
> >
> > you are fast in reply - you guy must sit in front of the computer half your life! right?
>
> Thank god not ! ;o) I just happened to check my mail when you posted...
>
> > i guess about one minute . after name and password, Gnome starts within 20 to 25 seconds (?).
>
> That sounds fine to me, I get similar times here. About 1 min 30s from
> start to finish, nothing excessive IMO. Most of the time is taken by
> "Hotplug", and my SCSI scanner that always some time to initialize/scan
> for devices.
> Linux is indeed longer to start than XP, but it's not really a problem.
>
> > also when opening Nautilus it can take more time than desired. there is no
> > such a thing like fast response on clicking my home folder. i guess it can
> > take up to 5 seconds.
>
> Ah, this is more of a problem...
>
> > $ hdparm -t dev/hda tells me about a reading speed of 22.0 MB/sec.
>
> About the same here as well, sounds fine.
>
> > what could be optimal parameters?
>
> Looks fine to me, given the age of the drive, it's probably doing its
> best already.
>
> > i once have seen a site where some guy was talking about tweaking the HD.
> > but isn't it highly risky?
>
> Hmmm, the transfer rate is seems already very good, not worth trying to
> mess with it...
>
> So, we are progressing, drive is fast enough, total start time is fine
> (under 2 minutes is perfectly normal IMHO), but Nautilus is slow.
>
> Can't help much with this, hopefully someone will have some fresh
> ideas...
>
> --
> Vince
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:40:09 +0100
> From: Simon Santoro <Simon.Santoro at poste.it>
> Subject: Re: swap partition
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> dmesg |grep swap
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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:00:12 -0500
> From: wylfing <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: help with nvidia and agpgart on hoary
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <wylfing.1m08ya at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
>
> That's a good call to check your config file. If NvAGP is set other than
> '1' it'll force loading agpgart anyway.
>
> On the off chance that locate isn't doing its job, do a
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/agp/
> --------------------
>
> and manually check for the agpgart module. I will be surprised if it's
> not present, otherwise how's it getting loaded?
>
> Also, did you 'sudo update-modules' after adding the file to
> /etc/modutils ?
>
> --
> wylfing
>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:56:28 -0700
> From: jim barnes <j10152 at bresnan.net>
> Subject: Re: swap partition
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <200503161356.28780.j10152 at bresnan.net>
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> On Wednesday 16 March 2005 01:40 pm, Simon Santoro wrote:
> > dmesg |grep swap
>
> do this: #swapoff /dev/hdxx
> and then: #dmesg |grep swap
>
> no indication that it's not running, only that it had been started
>
> --
> Jim Barnes
> --
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> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:15:06 -0800
> From: Karl <kaha at colug.org>
> Subject: Re: drop shadows?
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1111007706.7330.27.camel at localhost.localdomain>
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> Cool, thanks!
>
> I might try this when I'm in the mood to fool around with some
> eye-candy. :)
>
> On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 14:03 -0500, ssam wrote:
> > have a look at https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/DropShadows
> >
> >
> > --
> > ssam
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