[xubuntu-users] How to diagnose loss of X/GUI after latest kernel upgrade in 8.10?

[Chris G]

On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 09:45:30PM +0200, Steve Dodier wrote:
>    Does "X" in root die silently ? What about "startx" and "/etc/init.d/gdm
>    start" ? Any message that could help a little ?

Both gdm and X are running, it's just (!) that they produce no display.

    root      3854     1  0 19:57 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gdm --config=/etc/gdm/gdm-cdd.conf
    root      3857  3854  0 19:57 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gdm --config=/etc/gdm/gdm-cdd.conf
    root      3860  3857  0 19:57 tty7     00:00:00 /usr/bin/X :0 -br -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7

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Chris Green