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black screen appears after i log in with mouse pointer

Asked by bunny2642

I am new to Ubuntu, although I have used REDHAT long time back but I am not very well versed with linux.
Now the problem is when i log in after entering my username and password I get a brown clored screen with mouse pointer on it, I can move the mouse but nothing happens. I did went to the console and used the command startx but it gives an error saying the server is already running at display 0 , You can try it again by delting /temp/.X0-lock

Plz help?

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Antonio Litterio (antonio-litterio-gmail) said : 		#1

Hi, probably the problem is driver video. Try with using simple driver video.
With console open the file "etc/X11/xorg.conf" with command: sudo nano etc/X11/xorg.conf and change in section "Device" the name driver whit "vesa"
for example I have:

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 Driver "nvidia"
 Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

change "nvidia" with "vesa" like this:
Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 Driver "vesa"
 Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

save and quit to nano.
For reload graphic server use this command:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

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