lost X after todays update
baza
baza at themauvezone.fsnet.co.uk
Wed Mar 16 21:54:14 UTC 2005
Sean Hammond wrote:
>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.
>
>
>On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:16:53 -0800 (PST),
>ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
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>> 1. Re: drop shadows? (ssam)
>> 2. Re: Grub versus Boot Manager (Bob Nielsen)
>> 3. Re: is rlogin secure? (Michael R Head)
>> 4. Re: is rlogin secure? (Jim Cheetham)
>> 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>
>>
>>yes try have a look at http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/DropShadows
>>
>>(i was logged into the wiki so i got https)
>>
>>--
>>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
>>Message-ID: <20050316195458.GB8027 at n7xy.net>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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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?
>>To: Ubuntu Users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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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?
>>To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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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.
>>
>>--
>>-jim cheetham = jim at egressive dot com
>>www.egressive.com, www.effusiongroup.com
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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?
>>To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>Message-ID: <e453abbe050316121066b476e8 at mail.gmail.com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
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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
>>Message-ID: <42389469.5070904 at themauvezone.fsnet.co.uk>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
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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>
>>Message-ID: <20050316202141.5165323e.der.plusch.lists at gmx.at>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>>
>>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).
>>
>>--
>>Information is always to be treasured, Raul. It is behind only love
>>and honesty in a person's attempt to understand the universe.
>> <Dan Simmons, Endymion>
>>http://homex.subnet.at/~max/
>>
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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>
>>Message-ID: <1111005337.4148.162.camel at localhost.localdomain>
>>Content-Type: text/plain
>>
>>
>>
>>>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>
>>Message-ID: <423899A9.6070600 at poste.it>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>>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>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>
>>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
>>--
>>Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you;
>>if you don't bet, you can't win. -Lazarus Long
>>--
>>Linux 2.6.8-24.11-default
>>
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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>
>>Content-Type: text/plain
>>
>>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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I did a clean install of Hoary so I don't have an xfree config file :(
Baza
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