8.04 GUI doesn't load due to glitch in Smart Update

[Steven Birnam]

After doing an upgrade to 8.04, I got everything working properly.

Then reconfigured and updated other package - which provided me with
my first headache - a conflict wouldn't let me boot properly, but used
recovery mode to sort it out.

Then I noticed I had multiple sub-versions of Ubuntu on the boot menu
- and went to the forum to find out how to reduce the list to one
subversion (I also have XP as a boot option). The response was to go
to Synaptic Manager and remove the unwanted subversion packages -
which I did, with no result. Turned out that precision is required
when providing guidane - it should have been 'remove completely'
rather than just remove - but learned my lesson, and subsequently
cleaned up my boot list.

This morning, I decided to do an update on the packages (when you wake
up at 5:00AM, what else is there to do, if you have no cows to milk?).
Ran Synaptic and did a 'Smart Upgrade', which was not such a smart
choice. Now I cannot load the GUI interface, as Ubuntu loads to
character mode, and I get a message that x moduile install is broken.

So much for 'Smart Updates'.

Anybody else run into these issues?

Any idea of next step to fix GUI?

Steven Birnam

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