Lost xorg default display, lost GUI, lost direction...
Submitted by thesiant on Sun, 2009-09-20 08:36.
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I am an inexperienced Linux user and I was just in a serious car wreck. I am unable to get my kubuntu GUI running and, though I've done some troubleshooting, I need help from someone with more knowledge to help me more systematically figure out how to get this fixed. The auto accident has left me a bit scatterbrained... My troubleshooting skills aren't all there...
Any help would really be appreciated,
Ambrose
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Thanks for the reply... I
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2009-09-21 16:10.
Thanks for the reply...
I was far too vague about the help I needed. I have done all the basic troubleshooting xserver options... I've done a manual dpkg-reconfigure as well as the -phigh option.
I also reinstalled the xcore meta-package and nvidia-glx-180 package. I have actually resolved the issue and what it turned out to be was the newest xorg.conf looks for the nvidia module in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/ instead of /usr/X11R6/lib/modules. I learned though that the xorg.conf file can be told to reference multiple module locations. Problem solved!
Except now neither keyboard nor mouse work. :(
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Reconfigure
Assuming you get to a command line, the following command should reset your xorg configuration back to a default.
'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh'
This will hopefully overwrite your scrambled xorg.conf.
If you want to play around and make sure it configures it correctly, leave of the '-phigh' and it will get you to a menu system allowing you to reconfigure your display system.
If that doesn't work, I'd need to know a little more about exactly what's happening to figure it out.