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X- Fails to start

Asked by alejo

cannot start X after easy ubuntu ATI driver install. how can i revert to mesa driver from command line?

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bradleyd (bradleydsmith) said : 		#1

from shell goto /etc/X11
as sudo type nano xorg.conf
go down to :
Section "Device"
        Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 Go]"
        Driver "nv"
        BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
(my video card is nvidia)
Change your Driver "ati" to Driver "vesa"
save it. The easiest thing to do next is reboot. If your inittab is correct it should start X. if you have any trouble post back

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Chris Rose (chris-vault5) said : 		#2

For reference, to save a file while in nano press control-o and then press enter. You can quit nano with control-x. Further information is in the manual for nano.

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alejo (gallego-alejo) said : 		#3

thank you guys. sorry did not check back sooner.

i was having a bad day and did not realize i still had xorg.conf backed up. so all i did was copy the back up to the jacked folder and started x. thank you guys for the help.

i am very pleased to have such a distro like ubuntu!