@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-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp