!!! HELP ME Please !!! For some reason, I am not able to start my Ubuntu 7.10 as usual. It doesn't boot to the gui. I tried: 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' and it doens't work! And I also tried: 'sudo xorgconfig' and it says that the command doesn't exist. I also get the following:

xauth: creating new authority file /home/x/.serverauth .5161 /etc/X11/X is not executable
xinit: server error.

and... I also get this: Warning: could not generate /etc/X11/xorg.conf fail safe for vesa driver
Also, in the blue and grey screen, it says that the xserver.xorg is disabled.

Please guys, what must I do??? I need your help badly !!!!

HI!
Have you tried /etc/init.d/gdm start? Try that and type the errors

Luckily not having X is actually the farthest thing from a true emergency in linux.

enlibertad, I typed that in and this is what it gave me:

*Starting Gnome Display Manager
Open: permission denied

What do we do now?

Sorry, you have to do it as super user: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

I'm not going to stay at home in the next 2 days. I'll try to answer if I can

Sorry about my English.

AH! do you use gnome? try reinstalling it: sudo apt-get install gnome

I know ... the title is hilarious, I must save this post for further reference of what Ubuntu does to you.

I'm betting it's a broken package, which does happen often. Re-install some xorg-related packages, perhaps xorg itself, and it should work.

!!!!emergency!!!! !!!!emergency!!!! !!!!emergency!!!!

Someone Is Taking Socks From My Draw. I Dont Know Who It Is, But I Should Have 8 Pairs Of Quality Cotton Pringle Socks, And Now Only Have 7. This Is Not A Joke, 2 Other Pairs Have Been Stolen In The Past 6 Months, I Think By My Sister.

!!!!emergency!!!! !!!!emergency!!!!

Why are you guys so mean and, BTW, you can't count properly. 8 - 7 = 1, not 2...
The OP's got a problem, it's not like you all sit in a barenaked console all day and never start X, aha? I would suggest looking at the output of
ls -l $(which X)
and
ls -l $(which Xorg)

there are other possibilities of what could've gone wrong. Maybe, check if /tmp is full, or that the permissions on the home directory are set right...

but dont you think that stating not being able to get into gui is a little (WAYYY) over the top? its not like a hotair balloon has crashed into his atic. and to clear up the confusion over the socks, 2 pairs went missing a few months ago, and another pair have gone this week, its unacceptable, its highly irregular, and if theres one thing i like be, its regular.

not trying to be mean, i just thought the title was funny and a bit... extreme.

yeah, try reinstalling/reconfiguring xorg. you might also check the /var/log/Xorg.0.log after it fails to see if it gives you any additional information (cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep EE).

At least the title was more informative than "HELP ME!!!"

I've edited the thread title. taurusx5, have you had any progress with this issue?

I tried uninstalling then reinstalling xserver.xorg by: "sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg". Then I tried to reconfigure through: "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xerver-xorg", but I got a message saying that xerver is broken. Any other ideas?

And reddazz, YOU have NO RIGHT to change the title of MY post. NO RIGHT... Who do I email about complaining about this guy?

Lol, he's a mod, he pretty much does have the right.

All it said is that it's "broken?" what else does it say?

If ubuntu's apt-get has purge, I would remove xorg with apt-get purge and then reinstall it to make sure you cleaned out any bad config files. Then do the dpkg-reconfigure and see if that works. If not, post complete error message so someone can help figure it out. "it's broken" doesn't really help (for me, at least).