It's been a long time since I've run straight debian as one of my primary desktops, but there is probably a package that is equivalent to the ones I mentioned that could fix you right up. Something like gnome-desktop-environment, but I'm not sure that's the one.... plus I run KDE :) Brian Cluff On 06/30/2013 09:07 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Brian, > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > I ran 'aptitude upgrade', not dist-upgrade. However, I did try 'aptitude > upgrade' at the command line, and the result showed that the update > completed without errors. > > I am running Ubuntu, but Debian testing. > > Mark > > On Jun 30, 2013 8:53 PM, "Brian Cluff" > wrote: > > Do CTRL+ALT+F1 and get to a terminal, login, and then run your > upgrade again (sudo aptitude dist-upgrade). I'm betting that it > didn't completely cleanly. > > Also make sure that the ubuntu-desktop and ubuntu-standard packages > are installed, you might have done some uninstalls that pulled these > packages off which wouldn't have caused any problems until you > upgraded and they needed to pull in extra packages that would break > you system. > > Brian Cluff > > On 06/30/2013 06:21 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I run Debian testing on my laptop. It was OK until I ran > aptitude update > and then aptitude upgrade, and then a reboot. > > Now, the system boots into the normal gnome login screen. I > login as my > normal user, the background comes up, the disk light flashes as > expected, then I get an error message on a black screen - > > Oh no, something has gone wrong! > A problem has occurred, and the system cannot recover. All > extensions > have been disabled as a precaution. > > Then, a dialog pops up with an OK button, which says: > No system tray detected on this system. > Unable to start, exiting. > > I click OK, the system reverts back to the login screen. > > I can access a shell prompt with ctrl-f2. Dmesg does not show any > errors. I tried adding a new user, rebooting, and logging in as > the new > user, but I get the same error messages. > > Googling the errors "debian missing system tray" did not yield > much in > the way of help. Googling "Oh no..." led me to looking at the errors > from startx. I ran startx from the command line and wrote the > errors to > a file. I got the following: > > X.Org X Server 1.12.4 > Release Date: 2012-08-27 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 > Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian > Current Operating System: Linux orca 3.1.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 10 > 05:01:58 UTC 2012 x86_64 > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.1.__0-1-amd64 > root=UUID=7870a6c9-642b-4b15-__b0cd-3f01d27 > d450e ro quiet > Build Date: 17 April 2013 10:22:47AM > xorg-server 2:1.12.4-6 (Julien Cristau > >>) > Current version of pixman: 0.26.0 > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) > unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Sun Jun 30 17:34:20 2013 > (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" > libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod.c:505 > kmod_lookup_alias_from___builtin_file: could not open builtin f > ile '/lib/modules/3.1.0-1-amd64/__modules.builtin.bin' > FATAL: Module fbcon not found. > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > > Warning: Compat map for group 2 redefined > > Using new definition > > Warning: Compat map for group 3 redefined > > Using new definition > > Warning: Compat map for group 4 redefined > > Using new definition > Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > > Warning: Compat map for group 2 redefined > > Using new definition > > Warning: Compat map for group 3 redefined > > Using new definition > > Warning: Compat map for group 4 redefined > > Using new definition > Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server > xinit: connection to X server lost > > waiting for X server to shut down Server terminated successfully > (0). > Closing log file. > > It seems the fbcon error is a red herring....fbcon was moved > into the > kernel and the error message has not been fixed: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-__bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=588560 > > > My /lib/modules/3.1.0-1-amd64/__modules.builtin.bin has zero length. > According to this bug report > (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-__bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668568 > ) the > modules.builtin.bin is not used until 3.2.1-1, so I am lost at > this point. > > Any suggestions on how to diagnose/fix this problem would be greatly > appreciated! > > Mark > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss