Wierd problem while startup :(

[sachin.parnami]

Hi All,

I have installed Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) on my Dell latitude d620 laptop, i get a weired problem while starting up Ubuntu it shows Its logo and starts loading after finishing the loading, instead of going for login page it goes BLANK and processes nothing. Then the only solution i get to solve this is Restart the system by force fully shutting it down

I get this problem some time for say, i guess 1 out of 10 tries


Any suggestions?

[waterhead]

This sounds like it may be a problem with the video Xserver. There is a log file, that would show the errors. It is found in the /var/log folder, with a name like Xorg.0.log and Xorg.1.log, and there may be more than one.

These files are overwritten when you reboot, so you would need to view or save them before you reboot. When this problem occurs, are you able to switch to a terminal prompt? This can be done using the Ctrl+Alt+F1 through F7 keys, each one being a separate login. You then login and either read the logs, or save them. Are you familiar with the commands to do this? To view a list of files and folders in the entire folder, use this command. Then press enter to scroll down to view more of the files.

ls /var/log | sort -f | more

When you find the Xorg log files, you can read then with this command. I am reading a log file named Xorg.0.log:

 more -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Pressing enter will scroll down one line, space will scroll down 1%. To exit use the q key. This way you can view any errors. To copy a log file, so that you can later post the errors, use the cp command.

cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log Xorg.0.log

This will create a copy of the log in your home directory. You can then post the errors, and hopefully we can help you.