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

[volksman]

Try booting into recovery mode and make a copy of /etc/X11/xorg.conf 
(call it something like /etc/X11/xorg.conf.orig) then remove the 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf and reboot.  X should figure out that there is no 
conf file and work with "defaults".  If that doesn't work you can try 
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg to regen the conf file.

Steven Birnam wrote:
> 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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