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    Recover GUI through live CD??

    I killed my GUI somehow when installing some OpenGL stuff. Running programs from the shell returns an error message saying 'unable to connect to X server' and when I try to repair it from the recovery mode on startup it doesn't help. What's my problem? Can I fix it from the shell or with a live CD? New guy using 8.04.
    Thanks!
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    #2
    Re: Recover GUI through live CD??

    Hi

    It is possible but not guaranteed to work. Could you try this from the shell?

    sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

    This will install any missing packages, if that doesn't work we'll go from there.

    Also, what's graphics card do you have?

    Best!
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      #3
      Re: Recover GUI through live CD??

      That didn't work.

      My card is an ATI Radeon 340.

      Thanks!
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        #4
        Re: Recover GUI through live CD??

        Is it ATI the problem? Can you install 9.10?
        I have my partitions 20GB for /, 2GB for swap and the rest is /home.
        When this happens, I don't have problem re-install the OS since I have /home saved.
        ɹƃ˙nʇunqnʞ
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          Re: Recover GUI through live CD??

          Weird, that card should be supported with the (excellent) open source driver. Can you please show the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf? and /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? They may give as a clue.

          Otherwise, you might need to do a fresh install, in which case I would recommend karmic (9.10) ...

          Best luck!
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            Re: Recover GUI through live CD??

            Mine was supported just fine before I screwed something up.

            I've attached the files to save space.
            Thanks.
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              Re: Recover GUI through live CD??

              Nothing useful on the log, it just crashes! Have you tried to run in a console the command recommended in the xorg.conf file? (reconfigure)

              Another thing to try is to rename the xorg.conf and reboot
              Code:
              cd /etc/X11
sudo mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.backup
              Another one: reinstall the ati driver:

              Code:
              sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-ati
              But it could be any package. You may also try an update:
              Code:
              sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
              Also a cleanup
              Code:
              sudo apt-get autoremove
              If still no luck, you'll save time by reinstalling I'm afraid. This can definitely be saved, but unless you have a lot of experience it will take days of backs and forths ...
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                #8
                Re: Recover GUI through live CD??

                I reinstalled the driver, and tried to update the distro (had already tried the others) and still no luck. I am officially giving up. Thanks for your time and assistance...karmic it is...
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                  Re: Recover GUI through live CD??

                  Thank you for the nice attitude! Even if it didn't work out, you learned things that'll help you next time if things go south! Best!
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