screen becomes empty brown screen after logging in

please solve my problem

Could you provide further details on your system and the installed Ubuntu version/edition, please?

By the way, when that happens to you, try to hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. That will (probably) kill your X server and take you back to the login screen from where you may try to login again or shut down in a more graceful fashion that just pressing restart button.

--Bixejo

the version is 8.10...desktop edition....i tried Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, now i got some desktop background picture.....But no icons or tabs are there on the screen.....i can just move the mouse cursor and nothing more than that....again when i press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, nothing happens...this time i have to press restart button

What's your graphics card? NVIDIA, maybe?

my graphics card is INTEL 82845G graphics controller..
is it a problem of graphics card...?

When you say mouse cursor is it an arrow or a blobby cross? Sounds like you are maybe having trouble with the "x-server" (graphics rather then network), i think this might be fixable from a command line but i don't know how yet. Still hunt around for "X server" issues might find something useful

Good luck and happy hunting
Regards from
Tom

its just arrow
 how can i solve it through command line....i am new to linux...some 1 help me plz

Ahh, it's good that it's an arrow - that means it's not an "x server" issue (probably). It's annoying that you haven't got grey taskbars at the top and bottom of the screen. Perhaps you just need to adjust the size of the display on the monitor itself? Hopefully it's something trivial like this (although trying to locate tiny black buttons set flush against a flat black background along the bottom of a monitor is never easy).

Good luck exploring this kind of thing
Regards from
Tom

Ummm, it sounds a lot like a login scren now i think about it. Try typing in the username you chose and enter that and then type the password for that username and press enter. When the tan background first appears the blinking cursor is usually in the right place even if you cant see it. Does this help?

what u told was right.
i see the black background along all the corners of the screen.. i mean, the desktop background picture is smaller than monitor display size..
how can i adjust the size of display ? nothing works there except that i can move the cursor, not even right click works...
by the way i have given ' log in automatically ' option while installing...no need of giving username and password.

i think i am near to the solution. Please help me

Hi again venugopal,

Is your system an EeePC, by any chance??

Did you try to boot in "recovery mode" and then choose the option related to fix X server you'll find there?

--Bixejo

i tried to boot in recovery mode also... that didnt help

You don't tell me whether your system is an EeePC...

@bixego He implied that it was. is there an easy fix if it is an eeePc. I've been thinking of getting one and would be interested to know how to fix that issue in advance cos it doesnt sound like fun

Regards from
Tom

@Tom:

Sorry, I didn't find (and still don't) anything about this implicit in his reply.

@venugopal:

If your computer is an EeePc, there are bad and good news for you:

Bad news:

A generic Ubuntu will *not* work out of the box in your computer. The problem you're getting right now with your monitor is only an aperitif of what you'll have to face when you solve this little issue.

Good news:

All this can be solved in two different ways:

1) There exists a version of Ubuntu specially designed for EeePC computers named Eeebuntu. You may have a look at this at the following site:

http://www.eeebuntu.org/

2) Alternatively, if you don't want to install Eeebuntu from scratch, you may keep your current Ubuntu installation, but you should install at least one additional EeePC kernel. It's also advisable to install some other support utilities to manage EeePC characteristics. You may have a look at all this at the following site:

http://www.array.org/ubuntu/

If managing and install packages and software from command line falls beyond your knowledge, I'd advise you to choose the first option, as it will set you up with a clean and adequate Ubuntu install for your EeePC system.

Good luck,

--Bixejo

Thanks Bixejo :)

@ venugopal if you want to save your data then we can advise you on using gparted (the partition editor in System - Administration on the Ubuntu cd or better still use another distro that's designed to be run as a bootable cd). basically it's just the /home folder that contains pretty much everything in the Documents folder and stuff so once you copy that somewhere else it should all work.

Also when going through the complete install that Bixejo recommended when you get to the Partitioning section its possible to try to make it so that none of your partitions get wiped so that the new kernel and packages and settings all just get added to your existing system. A number of times this has resulted in no discernable change except that sudeenly everything works again. Of course sometimes we haven't been able to be careful enough and the partition has been formatted anyway.

Good luck and let us know how its going. I'd guess from your name that you may well be asleep or out partying the night away by now so let us know tomorrow (when we'll be asleep no doubt).

Many regards from
Tom :)

my system is normal desktop computer,,not EeePC
i tried to fix X server in recovery mode..that also didnt work

@Tom: he was not saying anything on EeePC, see? If you need some help on this, you only had to ask me. No need to claim that he was saying what he wasn't.

@venugopal:

You certainly do not collaborate too much with people that are trying to help you. I asked you for providing more info on your system in my very first reply. Now, several posts afterwards, and after wasting my time in writing useless (for you) stuff, you tell me that your system is a normal desktop computer. A bit earlier you made me the honor of telling me what your graphics card is (in your first reply to me you did not breath a word on your system), ... Summarizing, I've had to ask up to three times for you to give me an answer.

Look: when someone asks you for info on your system, *do* provide him/her as much info as you can. When someone asks you several questions, *do* answer them all, not just the last one (fish memory?) If you don't show a little bit of interest in solving *your* problem, don't expect anyone else to do it.

Well, my questions follow (and please, do answer them all -I'm starting to get a bit tired):

How did you install Ubuntu 8.10 in that system? Did you use a normal Live-CD or alternate CD? Did you use a graphic interface for the installation, or it was just a text curses-driven screen? Were you asked at some point about the use of some proprietary driver that could be recommended for your system? Did you observe any kind of misbehaviour in your graphics during installation? Was your computer connected to the Internet during the installation so that the installing process did update the system on the fly, or your current installation was made off-line so that your system is equipped only with the stuff available in the CD?

lol.

@Bixejo
I think the main thing is getting an answer out there and stating what it will fix.

Your answer about the Asus looks like it might fix another persons problem. If this other person had been experienced enough then they might have searched around the forum and found your answer here and not had to ask. As it is i have learned something new and am better equipped to help them instead of being completely ignorant and helpless as i was yesterday before you showed up.

I didn't mean to cause offence. Clearly what you are doing is great stuff and is much appreciated - at least i appreciate it, but i'm sure others do to :)

Thanks and good luck
Regards from
Tom :)

If you are still having trouble with this then please post it as a new question. Only the most recent questions tend to get looked at so posting/reposting a question just before america arrives online gives the best chance of getting a good few answers.

If the problem has been resolved then please follow the link to the forum thread and mark it as Solved.

Good luck and many regards from
Tom :)