xserver not working after install, ubuntu 6.06

fdahl_009 · 06-13-2006, 12:07 PM

Just installed ubuntu 6.06 from the alternate cd, but when X should start I got an message telling me that there was some errors in the xserver config file "(or something similar)"

when manually logging in, running startx it gave me this message; Can not stat /etc/X11/X, no such file or directory

When I do an "ls" in /etc/X11 I can see that the X file / folder is missing..

New to linux, so I think I need some help here!

pljvaldez · 06-13-2006, 12:12 PM

Generally, you fix xserver problems by using sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg in Ubuntu. If that folder is missing, it may be that X wasn't installed (or installed properly). In which case you'll want to sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude reinstall ubuntu-desktop

-=Graz=- · 06-14-2006, 06:08 AM

Also, out of curiosity did you 'upgrade' with the alternate CD or do a clean install?
I found on my laptop that X also stuffed up after a couple of botched upgrade attempts..
I did a clean install with the Alternate CD and all is apples

fdahl_009 · 06-15-2006, 01:24 AM

I did an new install from the alternate cd.. Tried the live first (the graphical install), but that hanged up after some time..

Installed kubuntu from live cd, that worked ok. So i'll see if I will use it or install an another distro when I have the time to do it.

-=Graz=- · 06-16-2006, 02:53 AM

now that i think about it - im pretty sure even when i did the clean graphical install with the alternate CD it gave the impression it hung for abot 30 miniutes... the hdd light ticked ever so often so i let it be... about 30 minutes later it rebooted and all was good...
intereting though- i forgot about that..
i think i had some horizontal lines going down my screen and that was all..