[ubuntu-uk] Trusty problem .....

[Peter Smout]

On 14/03/14 15:30, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 14 March 2014 15:18, Peter Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am no expert, but if you have a prompt <user at hostname:$-) or a login
>> prompt then AFAIK the 'system' has started OK, but for some reason the GUI
>> has not and I did know a couple of commands that MAY help....
>
> Correct.
>
>> (I'll mention at this point that I'm running Saucy so some of this may well
>> be obsolete, in which case please accept my apologies in advance!).
>
> It isn't obsolete. Trusty isn't out yet. I don't think it's even
> formally in beta. It is not finished, and as such, anyone running it
> should /expect/ to have problems.
>
>> If you get a login prompt login first (obviously)
>>
>> startx - this command starts the 'X-server' that powers your GUI, this is
>> possibly redundant if 14.04 is using Mir (I hope not as these things should
>> be tested in a development release first!)
>
> This should work, yes.
>
> The first thing I'd do, though, would be to see if there was an
> xorg.conf file in /etc/X11. If there is, remove it, or better still,
> temporarily move it elsewhere or rename it. As of recent X.org
> versions, for a few years now, it should start and run fine with no
> xorg.conf - removing this is an easy way of getting around problems
> with proprietary drivers, for instance.

Hmmmm interesting I had to create a xorg.conf file to get my laptop to 
display correctly on HDTV

> And no, Mir will not be on by default in 14.04! But of course the OP
> /might/ have enabled it.
>
>
Pete S