Try installing a different window manager such as cinnamon or kde and choose that instead when you login. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) jd@twingeckos.com On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 6:21 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 >