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i have just installed ubuntu linux 2.6.8.1 x86_64 [ELF].

current OS: Linux Username 2.6.12-9-amd64-generic#1 mon 10 oct.

during installation, after choosing the screen resolution possibilities, i got an error message "failed to start the X server". what am i supposed to do now?

after i clicked ok, system stopped the installation and now asks for a command prompt. what should i enter there now?

sorry for the question. might sound supid to you, but i have never used or installed linux before...

thks a lot
fred

Whats the specs on your hardware? try running

# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

from the prompt

Right, here are the main components:

MAINBOARD: ASrock K8NF4G-SATA2 (ASUS)

For AMD 64-bit Athlon 64 and Sempron 64
Chip - North Bridge: nVidia GeForce 6100
- South Bridge: nVidia nForce 410 MCP
2x DDR-RAM 400/333/266
2x IDE-Controller ATA133 IDE
4x USB 2.0
2x PCI / 1x AMR / 1 x PCI Express x 16 slot / 1 x PCI Express x 1 slot
Realtek ALC850 7.1channel AC'97 audio codec
VGA: Integrated NV44 graphics DX9.0 VGA onboard, Max. shared memory 128MB
LAN Realtek PHY RTL8201CL 10/100 Ethernet onboard

CPU: AMD Sempron64 3000+ 800MHz FSB 64 bit

Grafik: Integrated NV44 graphics DX9.0 VGA Max. shared memory 128MB Pixel Shader 3.0


Does that help?
I'll try the prompt this evening as I get back home.

Cheers
Fred

Please post the last lines of your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Thanks

mmmh, i seem to be more stupid than you guys thought i was... :-/

after the system tells me that the x server failed to start, i have to login. then, still on that login black screen, i get a command prompt that lloks like "user@user:~$".
´from there, i have tried to enter
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg => command not found
/var/log/Xorg.0.log => no such file on directory
/etc/X11/xorg.conf => no such file on directory

i appreciate your help.
fred

ok then, i'll get a book or find a tutorial...

i'm slowly getting better :-)

now i've managed to reconfigure the xserver-xorg. well, almost...
i have noticed that the pre-selected screen resolutions were not correct.

although my keyboard was perfectly detected, i can not enter the necessary "*" in the resolution selection list. in the login prompt, i can indeed enter this character, so it's definitely not the keyboard...

any idea anyone?
cheers
fred

found it: it was the space bar (makes great sense, doesn't it?).

Perhaps you need to change the keyboard layout setting in your xorg.conf?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg should get you going. sudo gedit filename to edit file e.g /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Know your monitor horiz and refresh rates,your mouse-usb or ps2. Vesa or nv driver should work until you get nvidia driver installed, as long as nforce chips are supported in kernel. There is ubuntu starter guide at ubuntu forum site with step by step guide for ubuntu install/config. Good luck.