Upgraded to 9.02: Blank Screen after Login

[dedukes]

I was upgrading from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04 this morning. It was downloading through upgrade manager. I left the room (forgetting the laptop was running on battery power). I returned and the battery had died.

When I rebooted I got the newfangled 9.04 login screen. But after I log in I get a blank beige screen and a cursor.

Help. I've used Ubuntu for a couple years now and love it. But I'm also pretty ignorant about troubleshooting.

Might this be something related to the battery dying will upgrade was running? Or is this the issue that several people have experienced with 9.04?

Thanks.

I'm using a Toshiba Satellite A135-S4527

Specs:

* Processor: Intel Core Duo T2250 (1.73 GHz/2MB L2 Cache)
* OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
* Hard Drive: 120 GB SATA @ 5400RPM
* Screen: 15.4" WXGA TruBrite Widescreen (1280 x 800)
* Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, Up To 224 MB Shared
* RAM: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM @533 MHz (2x512MB)
* Optical Drive: DVD SuperMulti Drive (CD/DVD burner)
* Battery: 6-cell lithium ion
* Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11 a/b/g
* Weight: 6 lbs.
* Dimensions: 1.47” (H) x 14.2 “ (W) x 10.5" (D)
* Ports/Slots: 1 IEEE 1394 (FireWire); 4 Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0); VGA monitor out port; S-video out; RJ-45 Ethernet LAN; RJ-11 modem; Type I/II PC Card Slot; headphone/speaker jack; microphone; 5-in-1 bridge media adapter supports Secure Digital, Multi Media Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and xD Picture Card; Secure Digital slot supports SDIO

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Press Alt+Ctrl+F3 at Login Screen. Does it switch to command line mode? Login there and execute this

grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Post output here.

Press Alt+Ctrl+F7 to switch back to GUI.

[dedukes]

Hey, Casper. Thanks for the welcome--and the help!

here's the output to that command:

# Driver "kbd"
# Driver "mouse"
# Driver "synaptics"
# Driver "wacom"
# Driver "wacom"
# Driver "wacom"
Driver "intel"