Help With Kubuntu Boot

[linuxlvr]

I just restarted my computer and i tried to boot into kubuntu with my dual boot windows xp
but when i did it came up with this automatic disk remounting thing....i dont know what this is but then after it was done
it asked for my username and password, which i entered
then it gave a command line. i dont know what 2 do. I tried rebooting but the same thing occured
can anyone help me?
any advice or answers would be appreciated.
Thanks!

[mchuskie]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

Can you remember the exact message you were given? Without that the best we can do is guess.

But here's my guess: you've done something accidentally to break X. At the command line try typing "startx" and press Enter... if I'm right, you'll get some error ("E:") lines that should point us in the right direction.

[linuxlvr]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

ok so i typed in "startx" in the command line and this is what i got:

fatal server error:
no screens found
XIO: fatal IO ERROR 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ".0.0"
after 0 requests (o unknown processed) with 0 events remaining.

[Snowhog]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

Okay. What you want to do is reconfigure the xserver, as it isn't recognizing your video card. If you cursor ends in a $ sign, then type:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

If your cursor ends with a # sign, then type:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Answer the questions. If you don't know the answer to any, accept the default. When you are asked about your video card: if you don't know or are unsure, pick VESA. Continue to the end. This will give you a working xorg.conf file.

Perform a normal shutdown and restart:
(cursor is a $ sign)

sudo shutdown -r now

or
(cursor is a # sign)

shutdown -r now

[linuxlvr]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

ok.....that fixed it......
but now my compiz fusion beryl isn't working
and how do i know this wont happen again?

[linuxlvr]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

oh nd by the way this is what came up

xserver-xorg postinst warning overwriting possibly-customised configuration file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20080101201216

[Snowhog]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

Let's look in /etc/X11 and see how many 'different' xorg.conf files there are. We know that there are least two. Open a console and type:

ls -l /etc/X11/xorg.conf*

Copy and past the listed files.

[linuxlvr]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

ok...so i did and this is what i got


-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2510 2008-01-01 20:12 /etc/X11/xorg.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3950 2008-01-01 20:12 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20080101201216


nd then gave me another command line

[linuxlvr]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

if this tells u anything....I installed the latest nvidia drivers on my last Kubuntu boot

[Snowhog]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

Did you install the nvidia driver before, or after you made your initial post in this thread? In other words, did you have a working display, installed the nvidia driver, then had no display, which prompted you to post here?

[linuxlvr]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

OK...so i had a display, installed the nvdidia driver and then had no display so that is why i posted here

[Snowhog]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

Okay. Now that you have a working display, you will want to install the 'correct' nvidia driver. There are several How To's in the How To section of the Forum for installing drivers for nVidia cards.

[linuxlvr]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

ok...i will check that out
but how do i fix my compiz fusion problem

[linuxlvr]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

i cant seem to find that how to
can u give me a link?

[linuxlvr]

Re: Help With Kubuntu Boot

nevermind
i installed the nvidia driver by using ENVY
it worked

but still my compiz fusion isn't working