Ubuntu 9.10 repeated dialogue: "Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode"

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Dec 8 20:22:49 UTC 2009


On 12/08/2009 12:17 PM, Paul Richards wrote:
> 2009/12/6 Paul Richards <paul.richards at gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>> Every time I boot up my machine I get an error dialogue:
>>
>> "Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode
>>
>> The following error was encountered.  You may need to update your
>> configuration to solve this.
>>
>> (EE) Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000: failed to initialise for
>> relative axes."
>>
> [snip]
> 
> 
> While the finer differences between
> upgrade/dist-upgrade/safe-upgrade/full-upgrade were being discussed I
> tried a few things..  :)
> 
> I tried wiping my xorg.conf (moved it aside and replaced it with a
> blank file), and this did not help.
> 
> I tried switching between "nv", "nvidia" and "vesa" xorg drivers, and
> these did not help.
> 
> I tried uninstalling xserver-xorg (with "--purge" when removing), and
> then reinstalling, and this did not help.
> 
> I finally tried installing Debian Lenny, and now everything is
> perfect.  I'm sorry that this is not very helpful or constructive for
> anyone here, but I needed a working system quickly.
> 
> 

Have a look at:
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)]
and see if gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu2.1 fixes it for you.





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