[clug] glitch in upgrading Ubuntu 10.4 to 10.10

[Jamie Carl]

 If X fails to start it's usually video driver issue.  It's possible
that in /etc/X11/xorg.conf you have explicitly set a video driver which
is either invalid (ie: built against the wrong kernel) or no longer
supports your video card (ATI do this all too often).

Options:

1) Change the driver to the VESA framebuffer driver and run in VESA mode
to get up and running. 
2) Try (re)moving the xorg.conf file and letting X figure things out for
itself.

For clues, look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and it should be clear what is
going on. 

Hope that helps.

Jamie

On 14/10/10 14:38, Jim Croft wrote:
> I just asked my Toshiba laptop to upgrade itself from Ubuntu 10.4 to 10.10.
>
> It went through all the download and install motions but when it came
> to reboot, all it came up with was the command line.  All the user
> directories and files seem to be there but the GUI just does not seem
> to load.
>
> Is it possible to force it from the command line?
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> This is the first upgrade over the last couple of years that has shown
> any problem...
>
> jim
>

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