11.04 update

[Verde Denim]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 26 October 2011 13:55, Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I got the latest updates yesterday and this morning and something has
> gone
> > terribly wrong with my 11.04 laptop.
> >
> > On a reboot yesterday after the latest updates, I get a few lines of
> > unreadable characters across the top of the screen and then this -
> > FATAL: Error inserting vesafb
> > (/lib/modiules/2.6.38-12-server/kernel/drivers/video/vesafb.ko): No such
> > device.
> >
> > In looking at the directory, the file does exist.
> >
> > I did a reboot and brought up the last kernel (2.6.38.11) and got the
> same
> > results.
> >
> >  I now have no graphics desktop.
> >
> > Any input as to how to correct this would be greatly appreciated as I use
> > this at work.
>
> Do you have an xorg.conf file in the `/etc/X11` folder? If so, rename
> it to something else - e.g. xorg.conf.old - and reboot. May well get
> you running.
>
> Liam
I was able to get back up and running by using the older (generic) kernel.
I'm looking into why this happened, but for the moment I'm up and running
again. Since I use this machine at work, I can't take it down for long
periods of time to diagnose these issues - I'll look into it again this
weekend. Thanks for the input.

Jack
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