On Wed, 06 May 2009 16:13:02 +1200 Kerry Mayes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all > > I've just upgraded to Ubuntu Jaunty on three machines but am having > difficulty with one machine. The problem is that after logging in, I > just get a black screen with the mouse pointer, which I can move > around but get no other response. I've had no luck finding anything > on this error via google, the reported bugs, or on the Ubuntu forum so > I've been trying to do more diagnosis before reporting it as a bug. > > I can ctrl+alt+F1 to get a terminal screen and I can log in via ssh. > > I can log in to a "failsafe gnome" session but this just gives me a > terminal window with no window manager (I can run one graphical > programme but it has no window controls). > > So far I have found that the scripts in xsession.d all seem to be > being executed: > Synergy, which I have loading from a script in xsession.d, runs fine > in any position I put it in in that directory - though I can't put it > after 99x11-common_start > > How would I progress from here? What's your graphics card. I've got nvidia, and was using the non-free drivers. These weren't installed by defult. However, I did get a low res interface. Can you publish the output from grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log so we can see the errors?? Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> http://www.greengecko.co.nz
