Boot video problem

[Sylviane et Perry White]

Hi Stew,

*Foreword*
Contrary to some other people on lists I don't object receiving mail from a 
list in my name. Remember that writing to the list may increase the odds of 
getting a valid answer, In any case do report to the list if you find a 
solution.


On Sunday 02 September 2007 01:53, Stew Schneider wrote:
> > Sylviane et Perry White wrote:
> > Could a video problem freeze the computer? If not you should be able 
> > to get some noticeable reaction (disk activity) from the computer with 
> > keyboard shortcuts, try ctr-alt + or ctrl-alt - for screen resolution, or
> > crtl-alt bksp to kill x server, or alt F2 and a command.
> >   
> Nothing for any commands. I'm using a wired USB keyboard.

Nothing, no disk activity? Please try something that is sure to cause some 
disk activity such as : alt F2 oowriter /home/stew/mydocument.odt

> > What happens when you boot in text mode?
> > Have you tried another monitor or that monitor on another computer (or   	 
> > another  system if available)?
> >   
> No...it's the only one here. I haven't tried text mode. I didn't see 
> that in your message before just now.
> >  
> 

(snip, other mail)

> > Hi Stew,
(snip)
> > Perry
>
> Well, I checked "log in after X crash, and I got in this time without a
> LiveCD assist, but in the midst of booting, the text screen came up,
> something that's not happened before, and it began checking one of my
> drives. In the course of that, I saw references to wacom go by. I took
> the wacom references out of my xorg.conf a very long time ago.
>
> Oh me...
>
> stew

So it appears the computer freezes at the point it should display the Ubuntu 
greeting. I doubt the video may be responsible.
The only suggestion I can still make at this point is *the magical cure* 
against corrupt configuration files, namely to rename or best to move 
"/home.kde" ( kde will create this folder anew).
*Warning* you will lose all your personal settings and other important things 
(address-book, old mails...) but you just have to overwrite the new .kde with 
your old file to revert if the problem persists.
If the problem is cured you may want to restore the old files progressively 
until the problem reapears and you can identify the corrupt file.

good luck		Perry

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