Public bug reported: I have had two similar problems on upgrade to latest karmic: One dist- upgrade from 9.04, the other an upgrade on an existing karmic installation, sometime during the last few days. In both cases I was left without a working X. As I couldn't find any information elsewhere, I file this bug report, with simple fix, in case it is useful for someone else.
On my Dell XPS M1330 (upgrade from 9.04 amd64), after upgrade, the computer loops endlessly, trying to start X, with ddxSigGiveUp in the X log. To fix it, I started in safe mode (with networking enabled), downloaded envyng-core (with aptitude) and ran envyng -t, installed latest nvidia binary drivers, and reboot. On my desktop (with GeForce 6800 GS, already running karmic), X did not start, leaving me at a console login. Same solution though. ** Affects: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Upgrade fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/418247 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs