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Old 09-15-2010, 07:47 AM   #1
Jeff91
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PCLinuxOS - X Fails to start after First System update

Howdy All,

So I installed the latest PCLinuxOS KDE version on my system the other day and it was working swimmingly until I ran the first system update and rebooted. Now when they system comes online I get no graphical interface. I use an nVidia graphics card and I see the driver screen flash and then I see a cursor for a moment and shortly afterwards I get kicked to a tty login (and pressing ctrl+alt+f7/8/9/10 confirms X is not running).

Any ideas what went wrong and how I can get a GUI for the system again?

~Jeff
 
Old 09-15-2010, 08:05 AM   #2
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I know this sounds stupid, but did you try logging in and typing "startx" (no quotes)?
Also could you post your Xorg.x.log so that we can see what errors you're getting.
Last edited by MiKOTRON; 09-15-2010 at 08:42 AM.
 
Old 09-15-2010, 09:08 AM   #3
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I hadn't tried startx yet as I figured it would just crash again, will try that.

The Xorg.x.log, is that located in /etc/X11?

~Jeff
 
Old 09-15-2010, 08:46 PM   #4
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Howdy All,

So I installed the latest PCLinuxOS KDE version on my system the other day and it was working swimmingly until I ran the first system update and rebooted. Now when they system comes online I get no graphical interface. I use an nVidia graphics card and I see the driver screen flash and then I see a cursor for a moment and shortly afterwards I get kicked to a tty login (and pressing ctrl+alt+f7/8/9/10 confirms X is not running).

Any ideas what went wrong and how I can get a GUI for the system again?

~Jeff
I managed to hose Gnome after doing this same thing, but I can't say I've figured it out yet...
 
Old 09-16-2010, 04:07 AM   #5
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until I ran the first system update
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I use an nVidia graphics card
Did the update include a newer kernel or version of X?.
If so you'll need to rebuild the nvidia module.
 
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Old 09-16-2010, 09:50 AM   #6
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Issue ended up being that a whole pile of packages where failed to be upgraded when the system update ran. Running
Code:
apt-get dist-upgrade
from my TTY did the trick.

~Jeff
 
  


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