quot;failed to start xorgquot; help

amy

I have been having problems with one of my computer of late,,,
Many websites will be quot;not foundquot; or go to a white page that reads something about being under construction by quot;Desi Dhammalquot; and quot;virus t. hunter.quot; These are sites that I had frequented (such as democracynow.org, my hotmail account page, and others). We figured it might be a virus or some such so we installed quotandaquot; security suite and restarted the computer.

On boot up it gives me a message about failing to quot;start the x serverquot; and asks me if I want to view the x server output. I viewed it and do not understand a bit of it.

What should I do?

we need to know the errors it outputs in order to help, please post whatever it says

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

This should do the trick for you

X Window system Version 7.1.1
Release date: 12 May 2006
X protocol version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux tordan-desktop 2.6.17-11-386 #2 Fri
May 18 23:37:00 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 07 july 2006    Before reporting problems, check from...    to make sure you have the latest version
Module loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,     (++) command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,     (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: quot;/var/log/Xorg.0.logquot;, Time: Sun Jun 17 21:34:04 2007
(++) Using Config file: quot;/etc/X11/xorg.confquot;
FATAL: Error running intall command for nvidia
(EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernal module!
(EE) NVIDIA: *** Aborting***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have usable configuration.

Fatal Server error:
No screens found

After I bypass the server output viewing by hitting no and ok a few times I can get to the login. I tried
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
and setup the Video card settings; when it got back to the prompt I restarted the computer. On reboot it came up with the same orgional quot;Failed to start the X server...quot; mesage.
Whats the next step?

You can get to the command line at least.  Can you log in from the command line and type the following?Code:
less /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Scroll down to where it says Section quot;Devicequot; and post that section.  (Press q after you're down scrolling).

Section quot;Devicequot;
Identifier     quot;Generic Video Cardquot;
Driver         quot;nvidiaquot;
BusID         quotCI:1:0:0quot;
EndSection

Hi, what kernel are you using? Did anything happen before this error, like a kernel upgrade / change? You can find out what kernel you're using by typing uname -r in the terminal. Something similar happened to me after I changed my kernel to the lowlatency one.

Try installing the linux-restricted-modules package for your kernel. For example, I have linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-generic installed. To install that, typeCode:
sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-generic
Replace whatever comes after modules with your kernel version.

EDIT: Oops, just reread your post. If this happened after installing Panda, have you tried uninstalling it?

I believe the problem is that the computer is trying load the NVIDIA drivers, but it can't.

First, try getting rid of Panda.  If that doesn't work, use:Code:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg


sweeet!
I have the desktop back.
One problem: The mouse(cursor) is jittery and hard to control and the keyboard is inconsistent.
I am running an NVIDIA graphics card. Any clues?