Oneiric: lost network connection & desktop

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Tue 18 Oct 2011 19:15:57 SAST, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 18 October 2011 02:45, Liam Proven<lproven at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On 18 October 2011 02:23, Liam Proven<lproven at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> On 17 October 2011 22:34, Liam Proven<lproven at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> On 17 October 2011 22:12, Bruce Pieterse<octoquadza at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>> On Mon 17 Oct 2011 19:59:04 SAST, Liam Proven wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Upgraded to 11.10 64-bit last night. (AMD Athlon X2 5200+, 4GB RAM,
>>>>>> nVidia GTX250 graphics, dual onboard NICs.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Last night, it worked, even after the first reboot or 2.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Today, X loads but nothing else - blank background, responsive generic
>>>>>> X mouse pointer, nothing else.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dropping to the CLI, I don't have an IP address or Internet connectivity.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> During bootup, there is a ~1min pause when it says it's waiting for
>>>>>> network configuration. Nothing happens, it seems. It then says it's
>>>>>> waiting for another minute, then it (I guess) gives up and loads x.org
>>>>>> but the login manager doesn't start.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any suggestions of where to start troubleshooting?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm posting from Win7, which is unaffected and seems fine. It only
>>>>>> took 4 hours to download 1.039GB of fixes and updates to Windows
>>>>>> itself, plus the 5 reboots' worth of app updates. :¬(
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Liam,
>>>>> Can you try and post some information from /var/log/syslog and
>>>>> ~/.xsession-errors?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks! I will. It'll mean quite a few reboots, I fear, but I'll give
>>>> it a bash...
>>>
>>> Small update:
>>>
>>> Tried reinstalling into a spare partition using the LiveCD. Ubiquity
>>> crashed and it failed.
>>>
>>> Did another install into the same partition - formatted - from the
>>> Alternate CD. That worked fine and I am now back up and running, and I
>>> must say, it feels significantly quicker, too. I may just junk my old
>>> install and use this one, actually!
>>
>> Further update:
>>
>> Looks like it might be this bug:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/+bug/811441
>
> And the fix of linking /run to /var worked. Shame I had to install a
> whole new system to fine this out... 8¬)
>

Liam,

I'm interested to know what the difference between the desktop and the 
alternative iso is all about, especially in regards to speed. I've been 
running the new Ubuntu for 2-3 days and have some minor issues with 
speed.

-- 
Thanks,

Bruce