@Philip and Michael I undid my changes and tried your fix, but I'm still getting the low- graphics mode error.
syslog shows: Dec 6 16:00:51 kevthinkpadr61 kdm[1055]: X server died during startup Dec 6 16:00:51 kevthinkpadr61 kdm[1055]: Failed to start X server. Starting failsafe X server. -- Since failsave-x was enabled in karmic it starts if gdm is disabled and kdm is used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs