Stuck at the login screen

[Homer]

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Waleed Hamra <kubuntu-users at whamra.com> wrote:
> On 01/11/2011 09:36 PM, Homer wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Clay Weber <claydoh at claydoh.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Homer <fsunoles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Jonas Norlander <jonorland at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 2011/1/10 Homer <fsunoles at gmail.com>:
>>>>>> Fresh install of Kubuntu 10.04 LTS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Machine is a microcomputer; an older version of this:
>>>>>> http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjrmx/index.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I successfully ran 8.04 on this machine in the past.  10.04 installs
>>>>>> without a hitch, but I'm stuck at the login screen.  Entering a
>>>>>> username/password the login process starts, but about 2/3 of the way
>>>>>> through the screen goes blank, and when it comes back I am again at
>>>>>> the login in screen.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Result is the same when choosing the failsafe option.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>> At the login screen, select "console login" from one of the button on the
>>> screen (can't remeber which one). Once there issue the following commands
>>>
>>> sudo service kdm stop
>>> (this is to make sure KDM is not running in for the next step)
>>>
>>> then run this:
>>> startx
>>
>> The result of these steps is the machine locks up.  It stops at the
>> point a normal attempt would cycle back to the login screen.  Through
>> switching terminals during subsequent attempts I was able to see the
>> messages resulting from the startx command.  Nothing stood out to me.
>> The final line was: "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X
>> server."  Is there a way to capture the startx messages?
>>
>
> <snip>
>
> to capture the message being thrown by the command, type this on the
> command line:
>
> startx 1>/tmp/x.log 2>&1

Of course.  Thank you for that reminder.  Below is the output from the
startx command:

X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-28-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux sxf-tsi 2.6.32-27-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec
 1 23:52:12 UTC 2010 i686
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=0f5485af-87
27-4c27-8ceb-588f873771f0 ro quiet splash
Build Date: 10 November 2010  11:25:26AM
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.4 (For technical support please see http://www.ubun
tu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jan 11 15:00:02 2011
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Fulfilled via DRI at 7683200
Freed 7683200 (pool 2)
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
>                   Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
X: main/renderbuffer.c:2067: _mesa_reference_renderbuffer: Assertion `oldRb->Mag
ic == 0xaabbccdd' failed.
xinit:  connection to X server lost.