On Thursday, September 19, 2013 08:48:50 AM Robert P. J. Day wrote: > 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. I just finished an upgrade to my SuSE box and it broke grub, several modules including ext3 and video, My Laptop is now reminding me that 13.04 is waiting I think I'll hold off a bit I start another adventure. And I now have a Wheezy box to play with that I used to repair the SuSE machine. What do people do that only have 1 machine, or does such a person exist anymore. -- Collector of vintage computers http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600