[Wolves] Ubuntu Warty to Hoary killed my X

[Andy Wootton]

Andy Wootton wrote:

>>> I decided to take the plunge, modified the config
>>> and ran apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and went to bed. No X! I'm
>>> slightly worried that apt-get says that x-window-system-core has been
>>> "kept back". I don't know why.
>>> /etc/init.d/gdm restart does nothing. Startx gives
>>> the grey background and mouse cursor.  
>>
>> I have just made progress though. I did an 'apt-get install  
>> x-window-system-core' and it said it was deleting XF86 and installing 
>> X.Org which sounds a step in the right direction. I think I have a 
>> curent system now. It still doesn't work but...
>
My default display manager is gdm - which didn't exist. That seems a 
little careless of apt dependencies. Maybe I was remiss in running 
uprade rather than dist-upgrade first.

I installed it and got a login screen then a lot of brown. I'm now 
installing ubuntu-desktop in case any other trivial bits and pieces are 
missing. "Too easy" they said.

Woo