Botched X.org upgrade, need help

Roland Smith rsmith at xs4all.nl
Thu Nov 8 09:10:34 PST 2007


On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 07:58:39AM -0700, Andrew Falanga wrote:
> I then proceeded to the mergebase.sh script, ran that and when I was
> satisfied that all was done as expected, I rebooted my machine.  Well,
> that's when X failed to start.  So, how would I go about correcting this
> problem?

Look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see what exactly is the problem.

While you're busy solving the problem, it is best to log into a shell
instead of xdm.

Roland
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