Hey Nice List People,

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I had just three days ago loaded 12.04 Ubuntu 64 bit Desktop on my ASUS MB, Intel core i7 no problems.

I ran sudo apt-get update and then upgrade no problem.

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Installed VMWARE Workstation 9 for Linux no problem.

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Created a few VM's no problem and they all ran no problem.

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Rebooted many times no problem.

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Well … here it is Sunday and I see the pop up for 107 updates so I foolishly say ok and then it wants to reboot.

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After the reboot xwindow will not start and I get a text login prompt:

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Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS vplay tty1

vplay login:

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I can log in but when I sudo startx … I get gobble de gook and lines on the screen.

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Anyone else with issues on this recent update?

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It sounds like a Video Driver issue. Try hitting the shift or escape keys while booting and choose the recovery option from the list.

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On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Mikie <kmb@mikienet.com> wrote:










Hey Nice List People,

Â*

I had just three days ago loaded 12.04 Ubuntu 64 bit Desktop on my ASUS MB, Intel core i7 no problems.

I ran sudo apt-get update and then upgrade no problem.

Â*

Installed VMWARE Workstation 9 for Linux no problem.

Â*

Created a few VM's no problem and they all ran no problem.

Â*

Rebooted many times no problem.

Â*

Â*

Well … here it is Sunday and I see the pop up for 107 updates so I foolishly say ok and then it wants to reboot.

Â*

After the reboot xwindow will not start and I get a text login prompt:

Â*

Â*

Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS vplay tty1

vplay login:

Â*

I can log in but when I sudo startx … I get gobble de gook and lines on the screen.

Â*

Anyone else with issues on this recent update?

Â*

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But why did it work with the AMD driver no probkems and not with the update?

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Something has to be broken in the update.

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On 8 October 2012 16:15, Mikie <kmb@mikienet.com> wrote:
> But why did it work with the AMD driver no probkems and not with the update?

We can't tell unless you post some of that "gobble de gook" and/or
your dmesg output.

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DMESG shows no attempt to start xwindow and there are no errors.



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On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Mikie <kmb@mikienet.com> wrote:
> DMESG shows no attempt to start xwindow and there are no errors.

Then Xorg.0.log from where YOU tried starting it with startx? and what
driver are you using? radeon? fglrx?

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>Then Xorg.0.log from where YOU tried starting it with startx? and what driver are you using? radeon? fglrx?

Where is that log file?

I am using AMD Radeon and fglrx

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Mikie wrote:
> >Then Xorg.0.log from where YOU tried starting it with startx? and what driver are you using? radeon? fglrx?
>
> Where is that log file?

/var/log/Xorg.0.log

> I am using AMD Radeon and fglrx

This is probably the problem; fglrx is renown for causing problems.

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Mikie wrote:
> But why did it work with the AMD driver no probkems and not with the update?

That's something you'd have to ask AMD; nobody else has access to the
source in order to see what it's expecting, or to fix it. This is one
of the downsides to proprietary drivers.

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Mikie wrote:
> DMESG shows no attempt to start xwindow and there are no errors.

The interesting bit of dmesg's output here isn't the starting of X but
the loading of the module for running the graphics card that would
permit the starting of X.

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