On Fri, March 16, 2018 10:13 am, Ted Pomeroy wrote: Thanks Ted I didn't change anything,just did the update. Weirdly tho, a while back the machine started booting into guest user with no login screen. I would logout and login as me. As I wrote, weird but functional.I didn't change to a different wm. Added new user but can't load a wm, ldm or otherwise. I tried openbox but get an xserver error as below in my post. I at least have this older machine but not my current work files. Do you know of a way for me to access the files on my current machine from this older one? Of course not all would be usable given the changes in software over the years. So again, thanks for the response and help Ted! Brian
for Brian O, Did you change your login manager? Can you add a new user and get a gui desktop? I had similar mishap a few years ago and what you have is a settings problem in your default user. Swithcinig from gdm to ldm(or vice versa) can get you into trouble. So, if you have the Guest account with a gui, but not your account it is a setting. I use Xubuntu, also 16.04, I will look at my config files for a hint. All is not lost, just misplaced. Hang in there. Thank you, Ted P.
On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 8:32 AM, <okeefe@cybermesa.com> wrote:
I apologize for such a lengthy message but it's the one I posted to ubuntuforums. As the subject states I've lost my GUI apparently because the machine can't connect to X. Here's what I sent and I thank any and all in advance!
Just to clarify, I updated some normal updates as prompted by Update Manager about 3 days ago. I'm 16.04 and they were normal security updates. Now when I boot the machine starts in graphic mode as (all hand typed and a real pain in the a**!) [CODE]ubuntu-laptop login:[/CODE] and I can log in as myself (ubuntu) [CODE]ubuntu-laptop login: ubuntu[/CODE] [CODE]Password[/CODE] then I try, which has always worked, [CODE]ubuntu@ubuntu-laptop: ~$ startx[/CODE] returns [CODE]X.Org X Server 1.18.4 Release Date 2016-07-19 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64 Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux ubuntu-laptop 4.4.0-117-generic #141-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 13 11:58:07 UTC 2018 x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-117-generic root=UUID=ea9f5446-2b36-4ba1-bcfs-ac786107fd58 ro vga=792 quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux vt.handoff=7 Build Date: 13 October 2017 01:57:05PM xorg-server 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7 Current version of pixman: 0.33.6 Before reporting problems check http://wiki.x.org to make sure you have the latest version Markers: [I]various symbols[I] (==) Log file: "home/ubuntu/.localshare/xorg/Xorg.1.log" time, (current time) (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" waiting for X server to shut down (II) server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.esetting enabled.xinit: connection to X server lost[/CODE] So I get no GUI at all with me as user. However, I have a guest user that starts lightdm all by itself if I (ctrl+alt+f7) I can switch to my user in a terminal but the desktop remains lightdm and as guest. Some apps run, like libreoffice, and most do not like firefox, thunderbird, synaptic
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