Re: dist-upgrade installs xorg, GUI fails to start
Craig Hagerman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I did apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade a couple days ago. I got
> some message about setting up xorg and did I want to let it
> automatically detect my monitor and mouse. I said yes. I just
> installed a new HD and restarted.... to find that my GUI system is
> f**ked.
>
> The start up messages proceed as normal until the stage where the x
> server is started. The nvidia logo comes up briefly 2 or 3 times and
> then a blue screen error message comes up saying:
>
> I cannot start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely
> that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server
> output to diagonose the problem?
Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log and see if you can tell what's going wrong. If
you can't tell what's wrong or aren't sure how to fix it, then post the
log here. Use gzip or bzip2 if the log is big.
-Corey
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