apt-get dist-upgrade, and X issues

[NoOp]

On 12/06/2009 08:50 AM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
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> --- On Sun, 12/6/09, stan <> wrote:
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>> My problem seesm to be related to hal not starting up properly,
>> gien that X now defaults to starting with no valid input devices,
>> this will result in exactly what I am seeing. Personally, I think
>> this is a bad default.
>> 
> That's exactly what my issue appears to be.  The last two links above
> address that issue to some extent.  Have you tried either or both
> yet?  Would like to know how it turned out if you do. Modifying your
> xorg.conf file is safe if you make a backup of your origina which you
> can restore from recovery mode boot in case you can't get back into X
> windows.
...

Perhaps:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/491483
[Since failsafe-x was enabled in karmic it starts if gdm is disabled and
kdm is used. (low graphics mode error)]

Note: ran across this today while checking what the new gdm update was
related to.
2.28.1-0ubuntu2
Publishing details

    * Published on 2009-11-30
Changelog

gdm (2.28.1-0ubuntu2) karmic-proposed; urgency=low

  * Don't respawn gdm on failure; this lets us capture X failures
instead and
    trigger the bulletproof X handler here.  LP: #441638.
  * re-export any XORGCONFIG value passed to the upstart job, needed to
    complete integration with bulletproof X.  LP: #474806.