I ran Xorg -configure; it created a new xorg.conf.new in my home directory. I then ran Xorg -config xorg.conf.new to test this. X started, and I was able to move the mouse around this time, but the desktop was blank. I copied xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and enabled gdm again. I can now login again, and have my normal desktop but my network adapters do not show up in gnome, or via ifconfig, but they do show up in network manager. I was able to add eth0 via ifconfig and it works, so I am guessing it is gdm problem???? Thanks much for the help! I will plug away to get everything working again. Florin Iucha wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 03:00:01PM -0500, Andrew Kuriger wrote: >> I guess i kind of wrote this wrong (Coffee++). After you start X, or after >> it starts automatically after boot, are you able to get to tty0 (CTRL-ALT + >> F1) and get to a terminal? if so, you at lest now know the issue resides in >> xorg.conf and not the kernel/applications. > > If not, the gdm might be running on the first console instead of > running on tty7 as it was for the past 15 years. So, keep trying > Ctrl-Alt-F2, F3, F4... untill you see the dark [tty]. > >> I am guessing it probably has to >> do with Xorg. If this is the case, rename the current xorg.conf and run >> "Xorg -configure" to create a new xorg.conf. FYI X should not be running at >> the time you run this. Also. if you have an nvidia GPU use nvidia-xconfig. > > Good advice. > > Cheers, > florin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list