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

[Xavier Spriet]

Doh... 

On Thu, 2007-01-02 at 15:56 -0500, Aaron Mavrinac wrote:
> 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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