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9.04 updated to 9.10 in Virtualbox. Does not start xserver, the console blinks

Asked by Federico

I have installed 9.04 in Virtualbox (the version for ubuntu 9.04), have updated to 9.10.
After reboot xserver does not start, the console blinks.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

boot to recovery root console and run:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg; shutdown -r now

You may need to uninstall the guest additions as these will need configuring against the new kernel. You can also (in root recovery console)

nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

if you see text rather than an empty file you should edit the graphics driver to read:

Driver "vesa"

vesa is a failsafe driver and will give you a display, you will then have to resetup the x server.

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Federico (makexy) said : 		#2

Thanks. It has helped.

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Federico (makexy) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.