HELP! Cannot use mouse or keyboard any more

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

> Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > So how could I get root to start an X login?  That is what is missing,
> > and may be what is broken.
>
> I think you mean the command
>
> start lightdm
>
> or is your Xubuntu using another display manager?
>
>
> With "text" the daemons start running right away.  Then logging in (as a
user, the only option), startx gives me a familiar display with an
impoverised collection of settings controls.

There is no Unity since this is Xubuntu.  Nor xdm, as you noted.
"start lightdm" takes me to the frozen login and I'm stuck.  And my servers
and network have stopped too.  It's back to hard power-off.  So that's
where the problem is.


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Kevin O'Gorman
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