Problem Solved - well kinda... I tried to install xdm, and failed miserably (at getting past "Starting X Display Manager xdm ") despite setting it as default dm.
Dropped to a shell, purged xdm, updated and upgraded and re-installed ubuntu-desktop. Logged in successfully, no hitches - wonder whats in ubuntu-desktop that might have been the fix. ...till i got an inverted and upside down display... and this solution: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/05/ubuntu-enable-rotation-nvidia/ assumes i can even plot my way around the desktop. Windoz' CTRL ALT SHIFT UP key combo doesn't seem to have a cousin in Ubuntu, atleast none that i know of... yet! Brian On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Brian Ssennoga <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Linux People, > > Good Monday morning to you all. > > Been to my wits end on this one, so i have come here: > > Got an HP G60, with Ub-10.04 (2.6.32-34-generic) which last friday decided > to run in low graphics mode - after a screen saving session - and after a > series of poking around, it seems to me that its an issue to do with my > xorg.conf set up. > > I have re-installed xserver-xorg - > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-tiphow-to-removeinstall-and-reconfigure-xorg-without-reinstalling-ubuntu.html > - to > no solution, > > Have even re-installed intel drivers - > http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-latest-intel-driver-2.12-on-ubuntu-10.04-lucid-lynx > still > to no solution. > > My /etc/X11/... directory seems to now have 4 copies of > xorg.conf-backup-<timestamp>, as well as xorg.conf.failsafe. > > I´ve re-installed gdm, and re-run gdmsetup - which does not actually allow > me to unlock the dialog box and play with those settings. > > Instead, after it has run, the log says: > *WARNING **: Error calling GetValue('daemon/AutomaticLoginEnable'): Key > not found* > *DEBUG: init user = 'brian' auto=False* > > Because LUCID (and newer distros- i think - ) does not need an xorg.conf > inorder to boot - something about the kernel taking over that responsibility > - am not sure how to get the kernel to do my graphics recognition well > enough > > Been thru some, stuff that talks about gdm2setup - which seems to be > recommended for Lucid and newer distros - and so this morning, i tried it: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1358026 still, no solution. > > once i go past the login, what i get is a shell prompt. that's where am > stuck. In the meantime, i thought to dig into the vast experience here. > > -- > Love indeed conquers all..... > Brian A. Ssennoga > -- Love indeed conquers all..... Brian A. Ssennoga
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