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Could not start the X Server
in Ubuntu
After a system crash, when I try to boot, I often have this message on a terminal screen
Could not start the X Server (your graphical environment due to some internal error. Please contact your system administrator or check your syslog to diagnose, in the meantime this display will be disabled. Please restart GDM when the problem is corrected.
Ubuntu 9.04 Localhost.localdomain tty1
and then I have the followin prompt
localhost.localdomain login:
!, what is the best approach to resolve booting?
also, what folder would I find the syslog?
How do I restart GDM, I'm not quite sure what it is?
I'm using Ubuntu 9.04
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gdm is "gnome desktop manager" this is a grafical login.
I would logon to the system on console prompt (just username/password where the login: is)
Then run "startx" and you will get more information.
The conf file is located at /etc/X11/xorg.conf
To restart gdm, do
Also, everything that disi mentioned.
Though I did spend some time trying to track down the problem, in my opinion it takes so little time to reinstall, that it's a better option. Now I always put her files onto a USB/SD card, and that means the data is separate from the OS. If there are x-server troubles, I spend 15-20 minutes trying to fix them, but if that doesn't work, I just reinstall. Maybe I'm lazy...
In the menu that comes up, one of the options is "xfix - Try to auto repair graphic problems". Might work for you.
When it updates my Ubuntu, the X trumped me, and after trying several arrangements, the best solution was a new installation
even not which was the program that produced the failure to me, because I did not like Xorg's update