You likely have the wrong graphics card driver or you tried to use compiz with a driver that did not support compositing. There are many discussions and possible fixes, if you google it. One such discussion is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=714034
Note: you can start another session with CTRL-Alt-F5 and this will give you a command prompt from which to work. You can reconfigure xorg.conf as follows: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg If this does not work then you may have a problem with compiz, if that is installed. Before installing a new graphics driver make sure that you have the right one. Look in the repositories and the cards are listed in the description. Use a restricted driver over open source where possible as it will give better performance and offer more features. Roy Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Only dead fish go with the flow! ________________________________ From: Knowledge Seeker <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 3:03:45 AM Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Latest ubuntu upgrade causes blank screen while booting Hi, I have just updated my ubuntu to latest version, on my laptop. Now the problem is that the screen goes 'all-white' after the boot. And hence I am not presented the login prompt. FYKI, i was using the FGLX drivers for my ATI display card. These were working fine in earlier version. Can someone help me troubleshoot it ? I am new to ubuntu. __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
