From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1O8x7Y-0007Lk-9o for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 03 May 2010 14:59:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3F443E07B5; Mon, 3 May 2010 14:59:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com (mail-fx0-f53.google.com [209.85.161.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2718E07B5 for ; Mon, 3 May 2010 14:59:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm1 with SMTP id 1so2078867fxm.40 for ; Mon, 03 May 2010 07:59:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=Uq7Sg0Rq7yHT8KvT5dBykOADhuan2cMEAR1TJY52oR8=; b=HNHjqgpNqsXq8gfATXiGVsbgnPu/vwD4SSdwI1JWT+Un8tM78F7tHG/IZEjSRU5b5V H+mkcsczfcMI9ExpFfPTsv73kUG6gJQAtx1eDL+dlWUd3fNcTFkj4Bn0WqDZH4h6EQs6 72aOS6955Ll5vKeH++MqxDZglwzcWMot+B2F4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=LR+4HNbWLCwfQlk+viE9otIVPkLJFFb3a3xPT3hw65162NIGk6Kkm8BTwb3ZewMf9I ml2YJFRehsxVTwqFEKdXDDGKDXLdefDS3wBQV82pEaHKe8NPcbQRUrIU5cxjJ1H3BPwh gfr4Xn/zPowXXjmOf5TiOdLylFMAEejCNqlKo= Received: by 10.102.13.15 with SMTP id 15mr8944902mum.55.1272898773853; Mon, 03 May 2010 07:59:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-153-185-rrdg-esr-2.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.153.185]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i7sm20864877mue.4.2010.05.03.07.59.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 03 May 2010 07:59:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Frozen after Upgrade Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 16:56:04 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.2 (Linux/2.6.33-ck; KDE/4.4.2; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Colleen Beamer References: <201005031604.31984.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201005031656.04901.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 15e84059-181b-4ade-9df3-bfa6104e9c62 X-Archives-Hash: 63d327c6bd494c75b38f6de4c9ba9ac3 On Monday 03 May 2010 16:30:53 Colleen Beamer wrote: > > You said you did a system upgrade. Did this involve a kernel upgrade too? > > > > If so, you are likely running into missing nvidia drivers in your new > > /lib/modules/. So: > > > > - reboot to single user maintenance mode. > > - disable /etc/init.d/xdm > > - remerge nvidia-drivers, making sure that /usr/src/linux point s to the > > new kernel that is to be configured > > - reboot > > - enable /etc/init.d/xdm > > - start xdm > > New kernel was downloaded, but I did not upgrade the kernel. If that > was the situation, I wouldn't be able to load to my login screen - I > would be booted back to the command line. I get to the login screen, > but then, everything is frozen - keyboard and mouse. Oh yes, of course. Obvious in retrospect > I don't understand what you mean by booting to a single user > maintenance mode. How do I do that? At the grub menu, select the kernel you wish to boot. Press "e" Move cursor to the "kernel" line Press "e" Move cursor to the end of the line. Append " 1" or " single" Press Press "b" This will load the kernel and run a modified start-up sequence (not the regular init command). You get a root shell which is quite limited but usually adequate for repairing broken system. In a way, it's very similar to booting into a LiveCD without having to go and find the CD first -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com