[wuug-list] [Windsor Board] Michael: New member

[Aaron Mavrinac]

The original message was posted to Winsdor Board, which posts to
wuug-list, but the reverse isn't true (wuug-list mail doesn't get
posted to Windsor Board, that's a messy Phorum module I don't even
think Dreamhost will let me install). Since Michael is an anonymous WB
poster, he may not have signed up for the mailing list (unless I
missed some indication to that effect in his post). You might want to
paste that reply into the WB forum. :-)

On 2/1/07, Xavier Spriet <xavier at wuug.org> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> The packages on the live-DVD and the ones installed on the system may
> very well be different, so if this is a known issue, I would suggest you
> start by updating all your system packages.
>
> In order to accomplish this, I would suggest hitting ctrl+alt+f1 once
> the greeter prompts you for your credentials, which will bring you to a
> standard terminal. Enter your credentials, and issue the following
> command:
>
> sudo aptitude update ; sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
>
> This should connect to the ubuntu repository and look for any security
> or major bugfix update for your system packages, fetch the upgraded
> packages and set them all up on your system.
>
> Once this is done, reboot your system and see if your problem is
> resolved.
>
> If you are still experiencing issues, there are a few things you should
> be looking at. The first one should be to look at a few important system
> logs, and the second being to force Ubuntu to re-perform hardware
> autoconfiguration for your graphical desktop.
>
> To check out the logs, look for any information you feel might be
> relevant to your problem by having a look at the output of the following
> commands:
>
> sudo dmesg -s100
> sudo tail -n100 /var/log/syslog
> sudo tail -n100 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
> To reconfigure your X server, enter the following command:
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
>
> Good luck.
>
> Xavier
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2007-01-02 at 12:28 -0800, Windsor Board wrote:
> > Author: Michael
> > Username:  (bas2-windsor12-1128532216.dsl.bell.ca)
> > Subject: New member
> > Forum: The Kernels-And-Shells Department
> > Link: http://www.windsorboard.com/read.php?6,595,595#msg-595
> > Approved: Yes
> >
> > Hey guys.  Just joined a group a few days ago.  Kind of found the website on accident when I was fishing around for some UNIX stuff on one of the University's servers.  I'm a student there, study comp sci AI.  Anyways, just saying hello.. and also looking for some help.
> >
> > I just installed the new Ubuntu (6.10) on my laptop, and after having to fix a bad partition table that the partitioner included made, and loosing about 10GB's of data that was only partially backed up.. I've run into a few problems.  Thought I could pick your brains to help me debug it, since I really do like this Linux OS.  Anyways, for any of you using it.. I can run the live-dvd no problem, fully functioning.. no problems.. however.. I've done serveral re-installs on my hard drive of the OS, and I'm encountering problems.  The login opens up fine, sound is ok, graphics fine (though a friend gave me a command to run to change the xserver graphics.. though this didn't help).  After entering my user name and password, GNOME loading "box" pops up.. 1 out of 20 tries I'll get to my desktop, about 4 out of 20 tries I'll get my desktop picture to load, have full mouse movement, able to use (crtl+alt+).. but nothing else appears and I can't get around this, and the rest of the time.. I'm left staring at a blank light colored background with basically the same functioning commands.
> >
> > Now.. if I leave it at any of these screens for a little bit of time the OS will crash.. just shut my laptop off.  If I run from the live-dvd I never encounter any problems.  Loads great.. runs great.. love it.  Any help or suggestions would be amazing.
> >
>
>
>


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