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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Chris G<cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 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
>
> --
> Chris Green

This sounds exactly like what I'm having with my gentoo and an
on-board ATI Rage.  It's just one of three with similar X problems, so
I've been working on the two Ubuntu ones first.  Xorg 1.5 is a mess
for some of us right now.

++ kevin


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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD