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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.

thanks for the replies.

ol dan

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