[LUNI] GUI fails to start when restarting etch or ubuntu

[Branko Kotur]

You'll need to take a look at your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file to see what error 
messages come up.  Specifically any lines that start with either WW or EE.

However, I did have a situation with Kubuntu 6.10 where it failed to start X 
if I installed Gnome.  I never bothered to figure out the real cause of the 
problem other then uninstall Gnome.  I don't know if this is the same 
problem, but I thought I'd mention it just in case.  

On Wednesday 18 April 2007 9:50 pm, Jay Strauss wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been a'googling but can't find my answer.
>
> IBM A30 Thinkpad
>
> I've installed both Deb stable 4.0 (Etch) and Ubuntu (6.10 and 7.04).
> If I "restart" in any of the aforementioned distros, my machine
> reboots, but I get no gui.  In Ubuntu, I hear the beep indicating its
> waiting for userid/password.
>
> The machine does the normal reboot sounds, i.e. I hear it spin the
> floppy drive, but I don't see the bios screen, no grub screen, no dmsg
> stuff scrolling.  The screen lights from and otherwise dark, but
> nothing displays.
>
> If I do a "shutdown" as opposed to a "restart", it shuts down fine.
>
> My pea brain says I'm having some issue with X, but don't know what,
> since it works from a cold boot.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Jay