On Sat, Jun 06, 2015 at 12:49:22PM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I've gotten some help on the Ubuntu list, and can start the system by > putting "term" at the end of the grub menu "linux" line. My daemons all > start normally, and I can log in via SSH on the LAN. > > Unfortunately, while "start lightdm" causes X to display a login screen, > everything is frozen at that point, including the daemons that had been > running. Ping even suddenly reports no route to that host. Still, this is > information and progress of a sort. > > -- > Kevin O'Gorman > #define QUESTION ((bb) || (!bb)) /* Shakespeare */ > > Please consider the environment before printing this email.
Sounds like X is borked. Putting term on the end forces a terminal and, posibly, single uer mode. Don't have Ubuntu to hand here at the moment. killall lightdm aptitude purge ligthdm && aptitude install lightdm will remove lightdm, remove its settings then install lightdm with a standard config. Grab a pen, paper (or another computer) - make a list of what's not working, make a list of commands you type, make a list of what works. Probably best to single step this :) You'll have run memtest, logged in via SSH and run top to see what proceses run, then what happens when you start lightdm? AndyC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150607163717.ga2...@galactic.demon.co.uk
