Any other suggestions for debugging? I believe I've supplied enough information for this to be no longer marked as incomplete.
Correct me if I'm wrong. B. Bogart b wrote: > Thanks Chris, > > Here are the logs from /etc/init.d/gdm start (after stop) using the > reconfigured xorg file. > > I've run this machine for most of its life with ACPI disabled, as it > seems to cause crashes with nvidia drivers. > > If the ACPI was the problem, then startx should not work either. > > Maybe something stands out in these logs for you, as I'm stumped. > > Thanks, > B. Bogart > > > Chris Coulson wrote: >> If the NVIDIA driver is not explicitly enabled in your xorg.conf, then >> Xorg will not load it. That error you see is because there is no >> compatible NVIDIA driver found (because it isn't loaded). Your Xorg log >> file from the attempt when you ran with the NVIDIA driver shows that the >> driver loading ok but can't read the EDID for your display. >> >> Your logs also show that the ACPI daemon on your machine isn't running, >> although I don't know what effect that would have or whether it is >> contributing to your problem: >> >> (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or >> directory) >> >> Could you please try to run with the default xorg.conf. To recreate >> this, run the following in a terminal: >> >> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg >> >> This will create the default stripped down xorg.conf without all the >> modelines. Could you also attach your /var/log/syslog as well please? >> >> Thanks >> > > > ** Attachment added: "syslog" > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16939706/syslog > > ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16939708/Xorg.0.log > > ** Attachment added: ":0.log" > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16939710/%3A0.log > -- gdm fails to start after hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259156 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs