HELP Xserver cannot start
Larry H Killian
larry at killianonline.net
Fri Sep 16 15:42:32 UTC 2005
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 16:52 +0200, Thomas Kaiser (ubuntu) wrote:
> alves5 at cantv.net wrote:
> > Now when I boot it shows a blue (!) screen with a gray box that says: "I
> > cannot start the X server (your graphical interface). [...] Would you
> > like to view the X server output to diagnose the problem?"
> > No matter what I answer, it freezes there.
> >
> Do you use the nvidia graphics driver (this one from nvidid) and did a
> security update lately?
>
> I had excatly the same problem and solved it with reinstalling the
> nvidia graphics driver.
>
> Regards, Thomas
>
>
> --
> http://www.kaiser-linux.li
>
I do not have nvidia graphics but did have this problem when doing a
minimal install and letting Ubuntu grab what it needed off of the net. I
finally gave up and reinstalled using one of the free Ubuntu cds that
they will send you.
Voila! Not a single problem so far.
This is on an Averatec 3250 notebook with S3/Unichrome graphics.
Larry H Killian
larry at killianonline.net
"Peace when possible. War when necessary."
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