this is something you should really send into one of ubuntu's user help lists, they will know what could have caused the problem. <div>On 9/13/05, <a href="mailto:FloriansKarten@web.de">FloriansKarten@web.de</a> <<a href="mailto:FloriansKarten@web.de"> FloriansKarten@web.de</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Today ubuntu 5.04 installed a big update - a X server update Everthing was fine after the update until I reboot my PC.. then i got a strange looking message (Ü and other chars were around the message) The dialog told me in my nativ language german, that: "The X-Server(your graphic surface) can't be startet. May be he is wrong adjusted." The next incomplete sentence ask me if I want to do something with the output. As a normal user i cant choose "ja" (englisch: yes) or "nein" (no), but as a root I get the following information: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Window System Version 6.8.2(Ubuntu 6.8.2-10.1 2005083133957 root Release Date 9 February 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.10 i386 #1 Thu See 8 06:18:41 UTC 2005 i638 Build Date 31 August 2005 Before reporting problems, check <a href="http://wiki.X.Org">http://wiki.X.Org</a> to make sure that you have the latest version OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.10-5-386(build@ferranora)(gcc version 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-8ubuntu2)) # 1 Thu Sep 8 06:18:41 UTC 2005T Markers:... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________ Verschicken Sie romantische, coole und witzige Bilder per SMS! Jetzt bei <a href="http://WEB.DE">WEB.DE</a> FreeMail: <a href="http://f.web.de/?mc=021193">http://f.web.de/?mc=021193</a> _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list <a href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a> </blockquote></div>