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black login screen desktop does not display

Asked by kjerryn

hi, after ubuntu boots a black login screen comes instead of the desktop
ssometimes
the following is displayed
(EE) R128 (0): No DFP detected
(EE) failed to initialize GLX extension (compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)

at another time,
kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/disk/by-uuid/bt3caa2d-9438-4830-8daf-164776f4310f) = sda2(8,2)
kinit: trying to resolve from /dev/disk/by-uuid/bt3caa2d-9438-4830-8daf-164776f4310f) = sda2(8,2)
kinit: No resume image, doing normal boot...
ubuntu 8.04 kwam-desktop tty1
kwam-desktop login:_

pls what is this
and how do i get it to boot to the previous ogin screen?

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Best Zombie (initramfs) said : 		#1

kjerryn,

When you get to the command line, execute the following code:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

Hope this helps.

With Regards,
Zombie.

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kjerryn (kjerryn) said : 		#2

thank you z
the login now shows well
pls what about the dfp and the kinits:
how they also been resolved by the glx?

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David Portwood (dzportwood) said : 		#3

The other errors your seeing are nothing to worry about, they are more informational than error.

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kjerryn (kjerryn) said : 		#4

Thanks Zombie, that solved my question.