On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 22:36, NoOp <<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net">glgxg@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote: <div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On 04/27/2010 06:20 PM, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote: > Update: I tried the latest ideas, by remouving nouveau. no effect, the > same symptoms as before: > the boot seems to go well, the violet screen appears, and I am asked to log > in and give password. The mouse and everything functions. But then, the > desktop do not appear, and I am left with something which effectively is a > text shell . the screen continues violet, except for the shell. </div>Kjetil, for the <div class="im">under update: "could not resolve <a href="http://mirror.gnucv.cl" target="_blank">mirror.gnucv.cl</a>" </div>change the /etc/apt/sources.list when you get dumped back into the terminal from gdm (gnome displya manager - login screen) to <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu</a> from <a href="http://mirror.gnucv.cl/ubuntu" target="_blank">http://mirror.gnucv.cl/ubuntu</a> and try again. You can do this from the terminal, although it's a bit tedious: $ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list <div class="im"> Then: $ sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install -f $ sudo dpkg --configure -a </div>$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop $ sudo reboot </blockquote><div>I did this (took an awfull lot of time!), and it worked. Functions brillinnt now. I only detected one problem with this new Ubuntu so far: emacs is awful! will make a separate letter about that. Kjetil </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> As for the symptom you are showing: - can get gdm screen, - can select username, - can enter password, - get dumped to a console screen. When you get dumped to the console screen, are you already logged in, or are you prompted for a username/password? This still sounds like a graphics driver problem. Can you please: 1. Advise as to what type of graphics card you are using? Again, in the terminal: $ sudo lshw > lshwkjetil.txt $ cat lshwkjetil.txt | more You're looking for the *-display section. Example: *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: NV25GL [Quadro4 900 XGL] vendor: nVidia Corporation 2. Check your error/log files for anything obvious: $ cat ~/.xsession-errors | more [Note: you may see alot of errors there; the trick is to try to sort out what might be applicable to your problem] $ dmesg | more [Note: using the spacebar w/'more' command will page up. I'm recommending these assuming that you have no desktop at all, so if you can get to a desktop and then view/modify using gedit etc., forgive me] Easier for the last might be: $ dmesg | tail but you'd need to use that one immediately after getting dumped to the console. Sorry, that's all I can think of now. Hopefully someone else from the list will jump in with additional suggestions. -- <div><div></div><div class="h5">ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell. St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37