<html> <head> <style> P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body><div style="text-align: left;">anywhere i need to look for in particular for this info? i cant make any sense of it! sorry im new </div> <hr id="stopSpelling">> From: kernowyon@kernowyon.co.uk > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:03:34 +0100 > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fiesty wont work!!!! > > On Thursday 30 August 2007 19:50, STONE COLD wrote: > > ok i tried changing from "vesa" to nv and changed to > BusID > > "PCI:1:0:0",....the blue screen is back up..and this is the blue screen i > > get with the message "failed to start the X server (your graphical > > interface) it is likely that it is not set up correctly would you like to > > view the server output to diagnose the problem?"So thats what im getting?? > > i just typed this in after putting in a live CD!!!hope this helps!Any > > ideas? > > Obviously there is still something causing a problem there. > You say you changed the driver from "vesa" to nv? First thing - did you make > sure to include the quote marks - i.e "nv" rather than just nv? I would > only make one change at a time - then you can see if it works or not. > > If you did use the quote marks, then perhaps we need to see what the log is > telling you. > A log is saved each time X starts (or doesn't start) in /var/log/Xorg.0.log > In there, at the bottom will be the reason it cannot start X for you. > If you have a look using nano again - > > nano /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > and note down the reason it gives for failing to start. Then note it down in a > mail to the list. That will suggest what we need to do to fix it. > > Mark > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ </body> </html>