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On Tuesday 21 August 2007 09:47, James Kilty wrote: > Dear all > > I am being plunged into the deep end. I tried to upgrade from Ubuntu > 6.06 to 6.10 as recommended then followed the next step which was to > update using the update icon, which offered me kubuntu 7.04. In the end, > I cannot get X Window so it all fails to open. > > This leaves me with 2 urgent problems. My second latest backup contains > all my /.evolution files up to 22 June. In the backup before the > changes, I forgot to copy all the files over, as it does not do this in > the simple copy - only top level folders - empty. I have details of > times to meet people in the next two days and cannot guarantee them > getting my emails back. The second is the loss of dual boot so I cannot > print my labels for an order I must fulfil today. > > The error messages are > EE VESA(0) no matching nodes and > EE Screen(s) found - none have a useable config > > During the install (of 150000 files) I often saw a series of warnings > about X and fallback eventually to tty. > > I can use a U7.04 Live DVD and see all the files and presubably can in > theory modify them, assuming I can get permission. If I ask it to > install, it wants to reduce sda5 to 60%. If I do this, I may be able to > access my /.evolution files and get my saved emails back. Is this the > way forward or is there a way to get 7.04 to repair itself from a Live > dvd? > > Thanks (in hope). > -- > James Kilty > http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk Hi James, Are you using a graphics card such as an nVidia one? When I installed 7.04 (I never bother "upgrading" - I just backup and re-install), I had a similar problem. It turned out that xorg had decided to incorrectly set the screen location. If you can get to the xorg.conf via a command line - sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and have a look for the line which says something like - Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "yourcard" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Look at the BusID - if it is non-existant, or says something like BusID "PCI:0:5:0" then edit it to say BusID "PCI:1:0:0" On my 7.04 system it had set the BusID as the 0:5:0 entry, which is totally incorrect - I believe it is a known issue with some cards and 7.04. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html