On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, Rick wrote: > I always log in at run level 3, usually to start X. (startxfce4) > > On my home puter, I have to recompile an nvidea module every time I upgrade the kernel. It seems > likely that an Ubuntu upgrade would replace your kernel. > > That might be what your elusive screen is telling you, and it might not. > > Can't give you my notes on it, they are at home, I'm not. > > Tail dmesg right after it happens, look at /var/log/Xorg* weirdly, i can now log in graphically as long as i *don't* specify a password. i'll track this down but, for now, i'll just get back to work. how strange. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================