Dapper upgrade fails

[C Hamel]

On Sunday 23 April 2006 13:37, Colin Brace wrote:
> On 4/22/06, C Hamel <yogich at sc2000.net> wrote:
> > From your logs, two things: the 'synaptics' driver & '/dev/input/mice'. 
> > The latter will definitely prevent X from coming up & showing you the
> > desktop. You need to check your xorg.conf file to see if that is
> > specifying your devices correctly.
>
> Thanks for ideas, but I have absolutely no way of knowing whether
> xorg.conf is specifying things correctly. After all, I didn't mess it
> up; the Dapper install did.
Just sent you a PM.

>
> I tried to enter this problem as a bug on launch pad, but when I tried
> to submit it I kept getting this pink error message which told me
> nothing, so I gave up. Hopefully, I can get it sorted out via this
> list in the next few day; otherwise I will have no choice but to
> reinstall Breezy and wait for the official release in June.
Dunno.

>
> > As to why you cannot boot into single-user mode puzzles me.
>
> Ah... I think that may have been pilot error. I tried just now and it
> seemed to have worked, however, the system still stopped at the same
> place; when it tried to switch into graphics mode. I am not sure what
> I am supposed to be able to do in single mode. Is this like the Fedora
> rescue mode which dumps you in a terminal at the end?
Yep...

>
> --
>   Colin Brace
>   Amsterdam

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