Ubuntu Fails to Start Xorg after upgrade to 9.10

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Updated on September 17, 2022

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  • Admin
    Admin over 1 year

    I upgraded Ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10. After a restart this is all I get:

    usplash: setting mode 1280x1024 failed-40b0-8f4d-c4afe4ee4001
    usplash: Setting mode 1152x865 failed
    usplash: Using mode 1024x768
    
    Ubuntu 9.10 nate-desktop-ubuntu tty1
    
    nate:desktop-ubuntu login:
    

    Update: After running sudo nano /etc/usplash.conf, changing the resolution to 800x600, running sudo update-initramfs -u, and finally restarting, this is all I get:

    Boot from (hd0,5) ext    1f60f2b0-6a61-40b0-8f4d-c4afe4ee4001
    Ubuntu 9.10 nate-desktop-ubuntu tty1
    
    nate-desktop-ubuntu login:
    

    I can login but all I get is this terminal. How can I get to my desktop, files, icons, or apps?

    Update 2: Someone suggested it not a usplash problem but an NVidia problem. Any help?

    • pxl
      pxl over 14 years
      FYI: usplash has been supplanted by xsplash
    • KiiroSora09
      KiiroSora09 over 14 years
      Ubuntu Karmic runs both usplash and xsplash, to leave no stage of the boot process unprettified. usplash may well be dropped in future though.
    • pxl
      pxl over 14 years
      Looks like it's all being dropped in favor of Plymouth for 11.04
  • Admin
    Admin over 14 years
    The error is gone but Ubuntu still boots up as a terminal, how do I access my desktop?
  • KiiroSora09
    KiiroSora09 over 14 years
    hmm. What happens when you run startx from the command line? Any more useful error messages?