Ubuntu Tip:How to remove,install and reconfigure xorg without reinstalling ubuntu
The X.Org Server (officially the X.Org Foundation Open Source Public Implementation of X11) is the X server in the official reference implementation of the X Window System.
This tutorial will explain How to remove,install and reconfigure xorg, without reinstalling ubuntu this is very useful if you messup with your xorg file.
Open terminal and run these commands
Remove existing xorg using the following command
sudo apt-get remove
--
purge xserver-xorg
Install xorg using the following command
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg
Reconfigure xorg using the following command
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
I hope this helps some users to fix their xorg problems.
thanks, works for me
worked fine. thanks
Thanks.. will try tonight when i get home and see if i can recover my ubuntu ^^!
it does not work for me on ubuntu 12.04 server version
I got the follwing info, it seems the version does not match.
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X.Org X Server 1.11.3
Release Date: 2011-12-16
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.42-37-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux ubuntuserver 3.8.0-33-generic #48~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 24 16:28:06 UTC 2013 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-33-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntuserver–vg-root ro
Build Date: 16 October 2013 04:41:23PM
xorg-server 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.14 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.24.4
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (–) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Thu Nov 21 22:05:55 2013
List of video drivers:
sisusb
vmware
mga
s3
savage
neomagic
tdfx
ati
r128
qxl
mach64
sis
nouveau
siliconmotion
cirrus
openchrome
intel
radeon
trident
fbdev
vesa
(++) Using config file: “/home/ryan/xorg.conf.new”
(==) Using system config directory “/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d”
Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
Configuration failed.
ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file.
Excellent !!, works for me too…. thanks
Saved my life. thnx
Thank you for the tip, helped to get the X up. Window manager is no more, but that is probably easier to fix.