Re: [ydl-gen] Boot error: USB hub
angelo <[email protected]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:38:48 +0100
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Robert Spykerman ha scritto: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:50 AM, angelo <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Thank you very much Derick for your effort, but I used the same USB hub also >> previously, and udev didn't complain. Thus, it shouldn't be the reason why >> now it does. You haven't told me what this error message means. Thanks, >> > > what's the exact message? ( ie /var/log/dmesg - should be there I > think... the X one I can't remember...) > > Also, are you very sure its udev that's causing the problem? The > default YDL boots to X you see. > > It might be coming from one of the startup scripts I think. xmodmap > (the executable) is part of X which sets your keyboard map etc... > > I noticed you typed Xmodmap - and you referred to /etc/X11 - you > possibly may be referring to the default config file which I think X > parses as it starts. > > In which case I have a hypothesis - the file might have been corrupted > in that inadvertent system shutdown. > > Perhaps someone here with a lot more X knowledge can help. Maybe 'man > xmodmap' - there might be more info there. > > This also begs another question: if one file is corrupt, what else could be? > > I would suggest making frequent backups of your linux install just in > case something gets really messed up - I experiment a lot, you see, so > I do ;) > > >> Angelo. >> > > Robert Spykerman > > Hi Robert and thanks for your concern about my problem. The exact message is: error at "! /etc/X11/Xmodmap". Thanks in advance, Angelo _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'