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

[Leonard]

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.
>
>
>    
As pointed out in a reply to NoOp's post on this same thread, purging 
gdm on my Karmic
64 bit install sent the low res issue to device null, including a 
partition of Karmic with gdm
still installed.  I know that doesn't make sense but that's what 
happened.  So If the new gdm
upgrade doesn't solve it for you maybe rming (purge it for sure) will 
fix the issue.  If you
are using gdm as your display manager then be sure to install kdm before 
you try to reboot.
Hate to see you go to Lenny when the low res issue can be solved.  The 
low res issue seems
to have boiled down to a conflict between gdm, kdm and the failsafe mode 
conflicting with
each other according to what I've read googling, so I just purged 
gdm(running kdm) and
the problem went away.  Hope you at least try it and stay with Ubuntu.

-- 
Leonard
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
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