Please upload the following files somewhere: /var/log/gdm/\:0.log and /var/log/Xorg.0.log
I know how frustrating display problems can be... trying a quick fix / quick recovery might mess up your system even more, so please have some patience. 2009/2/10 9el <[email protected]>: > contents of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file looks like below > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > Option "UseFBDev" "True" > End Section > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Configured Monitor" > End section > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Monitor "Configured Monitor" > Device "Configured Video Device" > Endsection > > > What I feel is something got damaged and need to be rebuilt. > > Is there no way known to you guys to fix this with Live CD or else? > > On 2/10/09, 9el <[email protected]> wrote: >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Use FreeOpenSourceSoftwares, Stop piracy, Let the developers live. Get >> a Free CD of Ubuntu mailed to your door without any cost. Visit : >> www.ubuntu.com >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:47 AM, tanjir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Once you reconfigured your x-server, can you go and manually check if you >>> have vesa as your default video controller in /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? If >>> no, then make it vesa and also if possible can you post your xorg.conf >>> file? >>> Also few questionnaires: >> >> >> I'm trying this soon. >> >>> >>> 1. Did you have your desktop effect turned on? >> >> I have my desktop effects turned on >> >>> >>> 2. Are you using compiz/beryl? >> >> Compiz >> >>> >>> 3. Is your graphics card ATI or NVidia? Are you using proprietary driver >>> for it? >> >> Most probably nVidia and it got proprietary driver installed as on HP 520 >> laptop. >> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> tanjir >>> visit http://www.tanjir.net >>> >>> >>> --- On Mon, 2/9/09, 9el <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > From: 9el <[email protected]> >>> > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-BD] X server corrupted >>> > To: "Ubuntu Bangladesh" <[email protected]> >>> > Received: Monday, February 9, 2009, 9:27 PM >>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > Use FreeOpenSourceSoftwares, Stop piracy, Let the >>> > developers live. Get >>> > a Free CD of Ubuntu mailed to your door without any cost. >>> > Visit : >>> > www.ubuntu.com >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > >>> > >>> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Russell John >>> > <[email protected]>wrote: >>> > >>> > > Did you try creating a new user account and log in >>> > with it? Check if >>> > > you can log in or not. (sudo adduser username) >>> > > >>> > > I believe you're still using GNOME? Or are you on >>> > KDE now? >>> > >>> > >>> > I have other user accounts and I forgot their >>> > passwords(common scenerio :P) >>> > And I tried to login those dont authenticate. >>> > >>> > and My usual account does. All it happened is a >>> > malfunctioning Xserver, >>> > which I believe. >>> > Yes still using Gnome as didn't feel comfortable with >>> > KDE didn't have much >>> > time for getting familiar with lots of features (ie. >>> > shortcut keystrokes and >>> > many other handy things). >>> > >>> > I tried to login with sessions like : default, gnome, >>> > kde, failsafe etc >>> > all of them just does the blank screen attempt to load >>> > the >>> > xserver(desktop) then flicker and come back to login >>> > screen. >>> > >>> > with df command it showed usage stats of less than 26% >>> > at any >>> > partitions. /home was not shown there. >>> > >>> > need an urgent solution as I am using IRDA on Nokia 6020 ( >>> > the cable dont >>> > get the modem detected on windows) which is really slow >>> > like less than 1kB/s >>> > to 3.5kB/s >>> > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > 2009/2/10 9el <[email protected]>: >>> > > >>> > > > >>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > > > Use FreeOpenSourceSoftwares, Stop piracy, Let the >>> > developers live. Get >>> > > > a Free CD of Ubuntu mailed to your door without >>> > any cost. Visit : >>> > > > www.ubuntu.com >>> > > > >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:43 AM, Russell John >>> > <[email protected] >>> > > >wrote: >>> > > > >>> > > >> In that case try reconfiguring: >>> > > >> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > Nope same :( >>> > > > >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> 2009/2/10 9el <[email protected]>: >>> > > >> >>> > > >> > >>> > > >>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > > >> > Use FreeOpenSourceSoftwares, Stop >>> > piracy, Let the developers live. Get >>> > > >> > a Free CD of Ubuntu mailed to your door >>> > without any cost. Visit : >>> > > >> > www.ubuntu.com >>> > > >> > >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Russell >>> > John < >>> > > [email protected] >>> > > >> >wrote: >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> >> 2009/2/10 9el >>> > <[email protected]>: >>> > > >> >> >>> > > >> >> > Now, I get my my login screen >>> > for GUI... but when I enter password >>> > > and >>> > > >> >> hit >>> > > >> >> > enter... it blanks the screen >>> > tries to load the X-server(desktop) >>> > > but >>> > > >> >> with a >>> > > >> >> > flicker it comes back to login >>> > screen. >>> > > >> >> >>> > > >> >> First check if you've enough >>> > disk space on your /home partition or >>> > > not. >>> > > >> >> >>> > > >> >> Use the "df" command to do >>> > so in virtual terminal (ALT+CTRL+F1). >>> > > >> >> >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > Then what? >>> > > >> > I guess I have enough space. While at >>> > recovery it removed 85 obsolete >>> > > >> > packages from installatioins. Still no >>> > solution. >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> >> >>> > > >> >> >>> > > >> >> -- >>> > > >> >> No Microsoft products were used in >>> > the preparation or transmission of >>> > > >> >> this message. >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> >> >>> > > >> >> >>> > > >> >> Russell John | Bangladesh Linux >>> > Users Alliance >>> > > >> >> 1024D/91F003D2 | (+88) 0161-Russell >>> > | http://russelljohn.info >>> > > >> >> >>> > > >> >> -- >>> > > >> >> Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list >>> > > >> >> [email protected] >>> > > >> >> >>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>> > > >> >> >>> > > >> > -- >>> > > >> > Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list >>> > > >> > [email protected] >>> > > >> > >>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> -- >>> > > >> No Microsoft products were used in the >>> > preparation or transmission of >>> > > >> this message. >>> > > >> >>> > > >> Russell John | Bangladesh Linux Users >>> > Alliance >>> > > >> 1024D/91F003D2 | (+88) 0161-Russell | >>> > http://russelljohn.info >>> > > >> >>> > > >> -- >>> > > >> Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list >>> > > >> [email protected] >>> > > >> >>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>> > > >> >>> > > > -- >>> > > > Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list >>> > > > [email protected] >>> > > > >>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > -- >>> > > No Microsoft products were used in the preparation or >>> > transmission of >>> > > this message. >>> > > >>> > > Russell John | Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance >>> > > 1024D/91F003D2 | (+88) 0161-Russell | >>> > http://russelljohn.info >>> > > >>> > > -- >>> > > Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list >>> > > [email protected] >>> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>> > > >>> > -- >>> > Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>> >>> >>> __________________________________________________________________ >>> Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your >>> favourite sites. Download it now at >>> http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >>> >> > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use FreeOpenSourceSoftwares, Stop piracy, Let the developers live. Get > a Free CD of Ubuntu mailed to your door without any cost. Visit : > www.ubuntu.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > -- No Microsoft products were used in the preparation or transmission of this message. 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