ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 39, Issue 21

Wed Jun 18 13:49:32 UTC 2008

So far, I have tried all the std solutions...

I tried booting from recovery mode, and no gui, so I continued in
character mode I followed process to remove xorg.conf file
no change

I tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, and got response:
xserver-xorg is broken or not fully installed

I tried to sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg, and got response:
The following packages have unmet dependencies - no install

I tried to sudo apt-get remove x-window-system, and got response:
Package x-window-system is not installed, so not removed

I tried sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg=1:7.3+100ubuntu10
The following packages have dependencies unmet

I tried sudo apt-get install xorg=1:7.3+10ubuntu10
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xorg: Depends on xserver which is not going to be installed
Broken packages

I tried sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core>=2:1.4-3
Broken packages

I tried sudo apt-get install x11-common=1:7.3+10ubuntu10.1
x11-common is already the newest version (well atleast there is
something still on my system!)

It seems that X nolonger exists on my system, and there are
dependencies that are nolonger installed or broken.

Is there any wat, from character mode to install X11, and and all
components, fix Broken packages and get Hardy to boot in GNOME GUI,
without wiping out present install and losing data and settings?

StevenB

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>   1. 8.04 GUI doesn't load due to glitch in Smart Update
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> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:31:14 -0400
> From: "Steven Birnam" <stevenbirnam at gmail.com>
> Subject: 8.04 GUI doesn't load due to glitch in Smart Update
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> 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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> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:56:05 -0400
> From: volksman <v0lksman69 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: 8.04 GUI doesn't load due to glitch in Smart Update
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> 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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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:36:40 -0400
> From: "Andrew Mathenge" <mathenge at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: 8.04 GUI doesn't load due to glitch in Smart Update
> To: "The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community" <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> The following command should work:
>
> $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> This will replace the xorg.conf file which is probably bad anyway but
> you might want to make a backup copy of it. You'll find it in
> /etc/X11.
>
> Andrew.
>
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Steven Birnam <stevenbirnam at gmail.com> 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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