Re: help... X-Server crashed after update

[Laszlo Acs <laszlo@lanscape.net>]

but...  I really didn't wanna do that.  I was hoping to solve the problem 
without getting drastic (I consider 'recovery mode' to be rather drastic 
and potentially destructive if not VERY careful)

At 09:45 PM 4/14/2009 -0500, Laszlo Acs wrote:
>yeah, I know, I updated from dapper ~ a year ago or so...
>
>I suppose I could go to recovery mode...  and perhaps backtrack...
>
>At 05:25 PM 4/14/2009 -0500, you wrote:
>>On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Laszlo Acs <laszlo@lanscape.net> wrote:
>> > Built about 5 years ago and
>> > upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04LTS (Hardy Heron) about 3 years ago.  It's been
>> > running solid without any glitches for ages...
>>
>>You sure?  8.04LTS was released just under a year ago[1].  6.06LTS
>>(dapper drake) is about 3 years ago.
>>
>>Are you able to boot into recovery mode?  When grub show, press ESC,
>>then highlight the line that says "... (recovery mode)."
>>
>>[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases
>>
>>Regards,
>>- Robert
>>
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