I have Ubuntu 12.10 x64 running in a VM in VirtualBox. I was writing some code (that wasn't touching anything in the system), and then I minimized the VM window for a few seconds. I tried to open it back up, and it crashed (or had crashed sometime when it was minimized). When I restarted, X was no longer starting, but I was able to log in to terminal and access my file system.
I did just change my screen configuration today (from Gnome's "Displays" configuration window) to 2 screens instead of 1. It was working just fine for hours and then this happened. Also, I believe I installed guest additions today as well.
Anyway, this is what I see with
dmesg:
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[ 32.168521] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
[ 32.168532] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
...
[ 35.114612] init: lightdm main process (1014) terminated with status 1
[ 50.270170] init: failsafe-x main process (1347) terminated with status 1
startx gives me this:
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[ 487.758] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 487.758] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 487.758] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 487.758] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 487.758] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
...
[ 487.778] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[ 487.778]
Fatal server error:
[ 487.778] no screens found
[ 487.778] (EE)
...
sudo Xorg -configure gives me this:
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(++) Using config file: "/home/xxx/xorg.conf.new"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
Configuration failed.
After checking the xorg.conf.new file, it shows 3 screens and 3 devices. I only have 2 monitors, though. I tried changing my VM configuration between 1 and 2 screens -- neither configuration worked. Not sure what else to try.
Any help would be appreciated. I desperately need to get this system back up and running ASAP.
