the x-server has been made modular in ubuntu10.04 next give out the directory structure of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
also tell which graphic chipset r u using On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Sharad Birmiwal <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Sahil Arora <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Today I upgraded from ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04. But after restarting > > ubuntu is not loading. Just a terminal like screen comes up asking for > > username and password. > > I will tell you what/where the problem is. You can try googling/asking > for help regarding it. > > Your upgrade was largely successful. The graphics component in > GNU/Linux distro is the X.org package [http://www.x.org/wiki/]. By > default, you always have these consoles which are text based but > distros set things up so that gdm (or kdm), the login prompt appears > when you boot into Linux. Since that is NOT happening for you, you see > the shell consoles. > > The problem could be with either video drivers (try switching to vesa, > google for how), or that gdm (or related packages) were not installed > properly, or (unlikely) the settings do not setup gdm to be launched > at startup (equivalent of telinit 3 though that does not happen in > Ubuntu). > > My guess is that the problem is the first one with video drivers. Try > checking for the things I have mentioned above and see what you get. > > Hope it throws some light at your problem. You should also try logging > into teh console in shell and launching X.org (to verify if it's a > problem with the driver/settings in case X doesn't run, or with boot > up settings if X does work). > > > Sharad > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- http://sites.google.com/site/agnayelinux/ -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
