Problems with Ubuntu 6.06 on my laptop

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Hi,

I installed ubuntu that I got free with linux magazine, 6.06 i think. it was going good for a while until i decided i wanted to disable the touchpad tap click feature. So i edited the xorg.conf file but now when i reboot, ubuntu claims it cant start x and it goes into the shell. At least I think me editing the xorg.conf file caused this. I have a dell inspiron 9400 with an intel 945GM graphics card.

oscarBravo

When Ubuntu can't start X (on my machine) it offers to show me the log so I can see what went wrong. Even if it doesn't, less /var/log/xorg.0.log will let you page through until you find the problem. Look for (EE) error lines.

You've probably got a syntax error in xorg.conf - fix that and you're good to go.

scojones

If it's at all possible, could you post your xorg.conf file?

Karoma

Copy the backup of xorg.conf that you made before modifying back... Ahem.
Hard way to learn a lesson. Post up your xorg.conf & logs.

Khannie

As karoma says...it's a hard lesson to learn....but making a backup of yoru xorg.conf before editing it is essential. Guilty of having suffered this myself before.

ctrl+alt+f1 will get you to a command prompt so you can re-edit it with vi, or nano, or whatever. If you used vi in the first place, have a look for xorg.conf~ in the /etc/X11 directory.

good luck!

Karoma

Khannie wrote:

As karoma says...it's a hard lesson to learn....but making a backup of yoru xorg.conf before editing it is essential. Guilty of having suffered this myself before.

Ha! Fool! muhah...heh...ahem. Yup. At least one tends not to make the same mistake three times ¬_¬

Blowfish

Khannie wrote:

As karoma says...it's a hard lesson to learn....but making a backup of yoru xorg.conf before editing it is essential. Guilty of having suffered this myself before.

Heh, ditto to this, I think everyone who starts with linux does it at some point.

ressem

Ok now that the slagging is done

Log in and
Backup using
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

running the command

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

or alternatively
sudo Xorg -configure

will ask you a few questions and recreate your xorg.conf file for you. Most questions can be answered with the default.
The -phigh flag just means that the number of questions asked is kept to a minimum " priority high "

If you've got accelerated ati/nvidia drivers installed, the driver line in xorg.conf may need to be changed.

edit (oops Xorg -configure not -config)

generalmiaow

there's a good possibility, if you edited it using ubuntu's gedit, that there's already a backup?

tck

Official Dapper 6.06.1 update is out (over 300 bug fixes etc..)

try it if you like http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.06.1/