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Here is the startup error:
(Fatal server error
Server is already active display 0
If ths server is no loger active, remove /temp/.x0lock and start again.
---------- Post added 10-28-12 at 08:13 PM ----------
I also get a server log file, which is quite longer, if you want I can copy it fir you.
Whe I do a system's check,
Here what I get :
firewire/remove uninitiated
[COLOR="Red"]graphics/compiz_check FAILED OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x301) OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Not software rendered: no Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes Compiz supported: no
graphics/display PASSED
graphics/resolution PASSED
graphics/minimum_resolution PASSED
graphics/driver_version FAILED ERROR: No video driver loaded! Possibly in failsafe mode!
graphics/VESA_drivers_not_in_use FAILED
input/keyboard skipped
Have you switched and are now running the system in a virtual machine?
And again, please use code-tags, not fancy colors or anything else to post output of commands.
Download an Ubuntu 12.10 ISO-image, burn it to a DVD and boot from it into live-mode. Use the live-node to copy any data you want to keep to an external device.
Then simply start the installer.
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