Ubuntu 12.04 changed itself to xubuntu and stopped working

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 31/07/2015, Petter Adsen <petter at synth.no> wrote:
> > On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 03:08:21 +0800
> > Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 31/07/2015, Petter Adsen <petter at synth.no> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 01:22:44 +0800
> >> > Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >> > An idea of exactly what has hung would be very helpful to know where
> to
> >> > go from here.
> >> >
> >>
> >> How would I find what has hung?
> >
> > Well, my first suspects would be that either the X server or the video
> > driver kernel module has died, or maybe lightdm. If the X server,
> > there should be clues in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, if the kernel module
> > then /var/log/dmesg and/or /var/log/kern.log would be a good place to
> > start.
> >
> > Determining exactly what has happened would depend on what you find in
> > those files. In Xorg.0.log errors will be marked (EE) and warnings
> > (WW). Any error messages in dmesg are typically pretty obvious if you
> > take a little time to look through them, paying special attention to
> > anything that seems related to your GPU.
> >
> > If none of those seem to contain anything interesting, then look
> > under /var/log/lightdm (if you are indeed running lightdm, I've got no
> > idea what display manager 12.04 used by default). The files lightdm.log
> > and x-0.log in that directory might be helpful.
> >
> > There are any number of things that could have gone wrong, but if the
> > display is hung then these are the places where I would start.
> >
> > Petter
> >
>
> I have replied; the reply is awaiting moderator approval.
>
>
>
I'm a moderator, and I don't see such a posting.  If I did, it would
probably be because it's too big, and I would not approve it.  Instead, I
would reject it with a message like this:
"If you need to post long logs please use an online hosting service like
Google docs and link to them to reduce the size of your email."

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