[Ubuntu-BD] X server corrupted

Russell John russell.john at ubuntu.com
Tue Feb 10 14:30:49 GMT 2009 

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 <lenin at phpxperts.net>:

> 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 <lenin at phpxperts.net> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:47 AM, tanjir <orko_147 at yahoo.com> 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.
>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 2/9/09, 9el <lenin at phpxperts.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> > From: 9el <lenin at phpxperts.net>
>>> > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-BD] X server corrupted
>>> > To: "Ubuntu Bangladesh" <ubuntu-bd at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> > Received: Monday, February 9, 2009, 9:27 PM
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>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Russell John
>>> > <russell.john at ubuntu.com>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 <lenin at phpxperts.net>:
>>> > >
>>> > > >
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>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:43 AM, Russell John
>>> > <russell.john at ubuntu.com
>>> > > >wrote:
>>> > > >
>>> > > >> In that case try reconfiguring:
>>> > > >> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Nope same :(
>>> > > >
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> 2009/2/10 9el <lenin at phpxperts.net>:
>>> > > >>
>>> > > >> >
>>> > >
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>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Russell
>>> > John <
>>> > > russell.john at ubuntu.com
>>> > > >> >wrote:
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> >> 2009/2/10 9el
>>> > <lenin at phpxperts.net>:
>>> > > >> >>
>>> > > >> >> > 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.
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> >
>>> > > >> >>
>>> > > >> >>
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