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Failed to load session 'ubuntu' - on 11.10

Asked by schaffs

I have the "same but opposite" problem as Question #16599 -
my problem is that I recently updated - had 11.04, now 11.10
When I attempt to login, I get the message "failed to load session 'ubuntu'" - what do I need to do to resolve this?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

At login screen, select a different session, is it ok?

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schaffs (j-schaffran) said : 		#2

Yes, I have successfully used GNOME Classic

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

ok, can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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schaffs (j-schaffran) said : 		#4

  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3 UniChrome]
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=32 mingnt=2
       resources: memory:d8000000-dbffffff memory:dc000000-dcffffff memory:dd000000-dd00ffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-13-generic #22-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 2 13:25:36 UTC 2011 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Oh jeez those things are annoying. You will not get 3D support for that chip under Linux, but it wil do 2D well. You can log into Unity2D and get Unity that way.

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schaffs (j-schaffran) said : 		#6

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.