I've been using Linux Mint for quite a while and recently tried LMDE. Last week I had updated the system using the Mint update manager. Everything seemed to be fine until I rebooted today (I only reboot once in a while). When starting up, the kernel didn't recognize the ext3 drivers anymore so I switched my partitions and fstab to use ext4. The other problem is GDM3 won't start. All I get is an enless loop/flickering of the console screen but no GDM3 pops up. I have to press the power button to restart the computer.
I restarted in recovery mode and moved /etc/init.d/gdm3 to /etc/init.d/gdm3_ and rebooted the computer normally. I get my login prompt and I can log in normall. All my partitions have been mounted properly etc but when i do a "/etc/init.d/gmd3 start" I get the same flickering loop over again.
I checked the /var/log/gdm3 folder but nothing interesting is there. I'm not sure what to check next, would be cool if someone can give me some hints as to what to look for for troubleshooting gdm3 startup issues. Thanks a lot!
-Arv
EDIT:
I just found this in my Xorg.0.log file after doing a manual startx from the command line:
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(II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6.901, module version = 0.4.2
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G,
965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45,
4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale,
Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge,
Sandybridge, Sandybridge
(II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
(II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
(II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
(II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.so
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 0.0.2
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
(EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected.
(II) UnloadModule: "intel"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
I never messed with X much before so I'm stumped here...