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Morton D. Trace

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Feb 12, 2010, 8:26:11 PM2/12/10
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Problem:
no X server no video, no mouse, only console, ppc iMac G3

/etc/init.d/gdm stop start restart gives no display. ctrl + alt +
backspace gives no video result, it is exactly as if someone turns of
the monitor.

I think it is related to xorg, how can I debug and troubleshoot xorg
and the Gnome display manager? on debian ppc 5.0.4 ?


Sincerely yours,

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jr4412

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Feb 13, 2010, 6:24:37 AM2/13/10
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> I think it is related to xorg,  how can I debug and troubleshoot xorg
> and the Gnome display manager?  on debian ppc 5.0.4 ?

under slackware the Xserver logs to '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' (for display
0), you can add the '-audit' switch to the command-line to get more
verbose logging.

Anton Ertl

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Feb 13, 2010, 6:53:33 PM2/13/10
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"Morton D. Trace" <clas...@arcor.de> writes:
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>Problem:
>no X server no video, no mouse, only console, ppc iMac G3
>
>/etc/init.d/gdm stop start restart gives no display. ctrl + alt +
>backspace gives no video result, it is exactly as if someone turns of
>the monitor.

Note that recent X servers display a black screen (instead of the
classic mesh and a mouse cursor) by default, and ignore
ctrl-alt-backspace by default. Of course, if gdm does it's job, you
should see a login greeter, a chooser, or your X session, so the first
problem should not occur for you.

>I think it is related to xorg, how can I debug and troubleshoot xorg
>and the Gnome display manager? on debian ppc 5.0.4 ?

You could try startx instead of xdm. On the last system I tested the
display then initially looked just as black as when starting X alone,
but when I pressed a mouse button, I saw that there was twm running
and I could start applications through mouse-button menus.

- anton
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