ubuntu upgrade

[dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 03:34:43PM -0400, j. daniel moylan wrote:
> jerry feldman wrote:
> > On 07/28/2010 06:06 PM, edwardp-mh2Nk+tgbQM at public.gmane.org wrote:
> >> Dan Ritter wrote:
> >>   
> >>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:58:47AM -0400, j. daniel moylan wrote:
> >>>     
> >>>> some months ago i did an on-line upgrade on my asus netbook
> >>>> from ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04.  it went smoothly with zero
> >>>> problems.
> >>>>
> >>>> yesterday i did the same upgrade on my panasonic cf-50.
> >>>> the login screen looked fine, but when i went to log in,
> >>>> gnome wouldn't come up -- just a blank screen with a bit
> >>>> of flicker.  logging in remotely works fine.
> >>>>
> >>>> what are my options?  how would i best reinstall just gnome?
> >>>> any suggestions welcome.
> >>>>       
> >>> I would guess that you have a new X driver that doesn't work
> >>> well with your video hardware. Try ALT-F1 to get to a console
> >>> screen and then reconfigure X.
> >>>     
> >> Had an eventual video problem with Ubuntu 9.04 -> 10.04 upgrade, it was 
> >> ATi related.  Couldn't fix the problem after changing resolution, so I 
> >> did an R&R (reformat and reinstall) on it.
> >
> > Did that fix the problem
> 
> not knowing how to reconfigure X, i did an R&R -- it did NOT
> fix the problem.  the login gui looks fine but when i log
> in, i get the blank screen with a bit of twitching at the
> top.
> 
> i need some help in reconfiguring X, if indeed that's the
> next thing to try, or another suggestion if it isn't.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

If I am correct that the CF50 has a Radeon 7500, start with the 
radeon driver, and if that doesn't work, try the ati driver.

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