Tried to enable composite extension and borked the boot?

[gatordude]

Ok I am trying to complete my upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 and when I tried to enable the composite extension by adding to the config file the following:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" " Enable"
Option "Composite" "1"

I saved that and then rebooted pc and now on boot I get a tty1 screen after the splash asking for my login and password and then after I entr the info it goes straight to the root menu.

I tried putting the cd back in and boot into safe graphical mode but that keeps repeating the problem.


OK, I am not having the flashing problem as some are having. I did update my themes using the following http://www.ubuntugeek.com/nice-themes-for-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-users.html and it asked me what format do I want the desktop images in (4:3 or 16:10). I selected 16:10 because before I rebooted after the initial xorg.conf change I noticed that the image was extra zoomed in. I am not sure if that had anything to do with my problem I am having](*,)

How and what do I need to edit to get back to a operational state?


And Ummmmmm it really seems that 9.10 is real freaking buggy!

I knew I should have been happy with just a 2D screen why did I think I needed 3D effects?

[gatordude]

OK, well I ran the live CD and had a look at my xorg.conf file and it was blank blank blank. Even the backup.

How do I generate a new one???

P4 3G 64 bit
2G memory
GeForce 8400GS

I am running the latest nvidia drivers (as recommended by hardware tool)

I have a post where I had problems getting composite to enable from 9.04 and it looks like this


# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildd@palmer) Sun Feb 1 20:21:04 UTC 2009

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Mon Mar 23 15:33:27 PST 2009
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer AL2216W"
HorizSync 31.0 - 84.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 77.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer AL2216W"
HorizSync 47.0 - 84.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8400 GS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8400 GS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "NoLogo" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
Option "Composite" "1"
EndSection

That worked with 9.04 but I am not sure if I can make changes to it to get it to work or how do I generate a new one?

Please advise

[gatordude]

I fixed it!

I wiped out 9.1 and put 9.04 back on.

Is Ubuntu the new Microsoft?

Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'Humanity to others', or 'I am what I am because of who we all are'. The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.

It isnt very humane to release such buggy software:(