xserver problem - is there an alternative to re-install?

[R Kimber]

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:11:06 +0100
Aart Koelewijn wrote:


> I would look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Is the right config file used? Is
> the right driver loaded? There should be something in that file which
> will tell you what you can try as a next step.

Thanks. You're right.  It's using the failsafe config instead of the
normal one.  That hadn't occurred to me.

However, I haven't a clue why this should happen.  Both a normal reboot
and restarting the Xserver from the login screen (ctrl-alt-backsp)
result in the failsafe config file being used.

Presumably there's a setting somewhere that I can change?

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber
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