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    ubuntu 10.04 wont boot in graphical mode

    hello, i;m having problems in getting ubuntu to boot in graphical mode, i mean, i don't care if it always booted in text mode if i could startx with a command but no command seems to be working...

    this problem is after i installed the nvidia drivers, i had to make it boot in text mode so i used this;

    #update-rc.d -f gdm remove

    or

    #/etc/init.d/gdm stop

    i tried both, dont remember which one worked but i was able to install the drivers..

    after that i keep getting this messages when i boot up:

    first pic is shown when i input: startx

    second pic is show when i press CTRL+ALT+F7

    last pic is show when i input: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start


    HELP ME PLEASE
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    Re: ubuntu 10.04 wont boot in graphical mode

    try
    Code:
    service gdm start
    Code:
    gdm start
    though it apperars you have xorg errors, can you post your config file, /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    a pic would be fine

    Code:
    nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    to exit hit CTRL + x

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    Re: ubuntu 10.04 wont boot in graphical mode

    Quote Originally Posted by Naitsirhc Hsem View Post
    try
    Code:
    service gdm start
    Code:
    gdm start
    though it apperars you have xorg errors, can you post your config file, /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    a pic would be fine

    Code:
    nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    to exit hit CTRL + x
    thank you, i'll try that and post results

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    Re: ubuntu 10.04 wont boot in graphical mode

    ok, first i tried: service gdm start and gdm start without being root, then i logged in as root and last but not less: i ran: nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and that's what i got:

    the pics have their names accordingly
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    Re: ubuntu 10.04 wont boot in graphical mode

    have you tried sudo apt-get reinstall gdm

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    Re: ubuntu 10.04 wont boot in graphical mode

    I think that you removed a gdm file in your first post that messed up gdm.

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    Re: ubuntu 10.04 wont boot in graphical mode

    Quote Originally Posted by Naitsirhc Hsem View Post
    I think that you removed a gdm file in your first post that messed up gdm.
    i think so too.... i tried:

    sudo apt-get reinstall gdm
    and got: E: invalid operation reinstall, so i tried:

    sudo apt-get install gdm
    and got: Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    gdm is already the newest version
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded

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    Re: ubuntu 10.04 wont boot in graphical mode

    I'm a bit over my head for this one, I will try to request a forum staff to look at this.

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    Re: ubuntu 10.04 wont boot in graphical mode

    Quote Originally Posted by Naitsirhc Hsem View Post
    I'm a bit over my head for this one, I will try to request a forum staff to look at this.
    thank you, because there is always the noob Windows IT "expert" quick answer: format and reinstall, but i guess we are not trying to copy that, are we?

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    Re: ubuntu 10.04 wont boot in graphical mode

    i think i found the problem: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module has version 173.14.22, this NVIDIA driver component has version 195.36.24. Please make that the kernel module and all NVIDIA driver components the same version.

    how do i do this? here's the pic it showed when i input: startx.

    NOTE: i reinstalled the video card and then input startx and it booted perfectly but as root (obviously because i was logged in as root in CLI), but it only seems to boot after each time i re-install the driver...
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