John Taylor wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> John Taylor wrote: >> >> >>> Tried suggestion twice but it tries to load but to no avail(I say OK to >>> all suggestion) >>> >>> >>> Cant boot with "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart" - have to switch off >>> >>> Any other ideas?.........When it tries to load desktop I hear a sound of >>> drums in the distance very faint! >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> John >>> >>> >> >> If you're saying yes to all questions it could be trying to use a >> resolution that isn't suitable for your monitor (I've seen this on my >> other half's desktop with a 15" LCD, it tries to use a default of >> 1280x1024!). >> >> Did you select the right graphics card driver? >> >> Maybe using vesa might work? >> >> When you get to the video modes used by the X server (it's in the >> monitor configuration), try scrolling down the list. >> >> On my machine it has a asterisk next to 1280x1024, 1152x864, 1024x768, >> 800x600 and 640x480. Looks a bit like this... >> >> [*] 1280x1024 >> [ ] 1280x800 >> [ ] 1280x768 >> [ ] 1200x800 >> [*] 1152x864 >> [ ] 1152x768 >> [*] 1024x768 >> [*] 800x600 >> [*] 640x480 >> >> It might be worth de-selecting anything higher than 1024x768 (just >> select the item from the list and press the space bar to select/deselect >> an item). >> >> When it comes to selecting monitor characteristics, try using the Simple >> selection and selecting the size nearest to your screen size (if it's a >> TFT monitor you *might* get away with selecting the next size up). >> >> After you've reconfigured X, don't forget to restart gdm (or just issue >> the command startx at the command line prompt to give it a try). If you >> get any error messages, try and post them if you can. >> >> Anyway, hope this helps. >> >> Rob >> >> > Rob > > I get > > Fatal server error > server is already active for display 0 > > If sever is no longer running remove ?temp/.X0 lock > > Theres a lot more - how do I copy this by email to you? > > John >
Could you try running the command sudo reboot Hopefully this should reboot the PC. Ta, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
