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

[Chris G]

On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 10:05:31PM +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Chris G wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 07:41:05PM +0200, Steve Dodier wrote:
> > >    Please provide us ~/.xsession-errors, there should be clues
> > > there. It is very likely a missing driver problem, though,
> > > especially if you used to have a proprietary driver. Type lspci |
> > > grep VGA to get your GPU's name.
> >
> > There's no .xsession-errors, it hasn't got that far.  Also, as I
> > reported, there don't seem to be any problems in /var/Xorg.0.log.
> 
> Did you check the time stamp of /var/log/Xorg.0.log? Maybe it is from 
> the last successful start and now it doesn't even get far enough to 
> write a log file.
> 
Yes, it's definitely a new /var/Xorg.0.log file, time stamp just a few
minutes old (well, it was when I looked just after rebooting).  Both
gdm and X are running, just no display.

-- 
Chris Green