[wuug-list] [Windsor Board] Xavier: Re: New member

[Windsor Board]

Author: Xavier
Username:  (lan02.netmon.ADSL.mnsi.net)
Subject: Re: New member
Forum: The Kernels-And-Shells Department
Link: http://www.windsorboard.com/read.php?6,595,597#msg-597
Approved: Yes

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