Fun with upgrading - X not working

[Ben Novack]

On 3/15/06, Ben Novack <bhn3 at pitt.edu> wrote:
> So, I finished dist-upgrading.
>
> X fails to start; I'm told that there are screens, but they don't have
> a valid configuration - this is after running a reconfigure on
> xerver-xorg.
>
> Also, after I enter my username - but *before* I'm prompted for a
> password - I'm given this:
>
> configuration error - unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
>
> (And then the same line, but with NOLOGIN_STR, ENV_HZ, PASS_MAX_LEN,
> CHFN_AUTH, and CLOSE_SESSIONS.
>
> Anyone out there know what's going on?

Okay, update: By disabling the framebuffer option X works now. But now
everything looks like I'm viewing it through a very fine screen...
which is needless to say a little strange.

---Ben