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computer is black screening because of unity+dual monitors

Asked by taith

I installed ubuntu 11.04 fresh, and everything functioned perfectly, i had it set to auto-login, and enabled my nvidia graphics card, and turned on dual screen, i restarted the computer, and it loaded a black screen. the only functioning thing was the cursor, it was capable of crossing both screens like it should, the keyboard and dekstop are completely un-responsive, and the desktop, black and without panels.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Log off and log on to gnome classic, should be able to troubleshoot there

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taith (h-riepma) said : 		#2

unfortunately, as nothing is functional, i do not have the ability to log off... :S

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Can you press CTRL+ALT+T and run a terminal?

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taith (h-riepma) said : 		#4

keyboard appears non-functional.... if that opened anything, it still shows as completely black...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Sigh, autologin is such a pain :(

You can drop to root recovery mode and mess with the GDM config so you DON'T autologin.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Boot to root recovery mode and run:

nano /etc/gdm/gdm.conf

about 20 lines down or so, "AutomaticLoginEnable" and "AutomaticLogin"

You can manipulate those, when you are done editting press CTRL+X, press Y then press ENTER. The new file is saved and you can reboot with:

reboot

Then you will get the usual login screen. This makes your OS more secure too. You can now switch the desktop to log on to

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taith (h-riepma) said : 		#7

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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taith (h-riepma) said : 		#8

thank you kindly :)