<html><head></head><body style="zoom: 0%;"><div dir="auto">OK my bad .Xauthority is right one.<br><br></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote" >On 13 Sep 2022, at 19:11, Alistair <<a href="mailto:alistair@archerry.plus.com" target="_blank">alistair@archerry.plus.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="blue">Ken,<br>Thanks for the suggestion.<br>I cannot find a file called .xauth.<br>In the /home/alistair/ folder are the files:<br>.Xauthority and .xsession-errors.<br>I have 'rsync' these, and the output of 'dmesg' to another box so that I may view them more easily.<br>What clues should I look for in these, or other files ?<br><br>Regards,<br>Alistair<br><br>On Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:15:05 BST Ken Robson wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> I had a similar issue a few years ago. <br> Try renaming the ~/.xauth file (sudo mv ~/.xauth ~/xauth) and see if x will load then.<br> <br> Ken<br> <br> Get BlueMail for Android <br> <br> On 13 Sep 2022, 17:56, at 17:56, Alistair <alistair@archerry.plus.com> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;">azmodie,<br><br>Thanks for the prompt reply.<br><br>"sudo dpkg --configure -a"<br>Reports no actions.<br><br>"sudo apt-get update", followed by <br>"sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" or "sudo apt-get install -f":<br>Both Reports<br>"0 to upgrade 0 to newly install 0 to remove and 13 not to upgrade"<br><br>So I need to dig deeper...<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Alistair<br><br><br>On Tuesday, 13 September 2022 15:26:18 BST azmodie wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi Alistar,<br> <br> I'd try the usual recovery commands.<br> <br> sudo apt-get update<br> sudo apt-get upgrade<br> <br> You may need to run<br> <br> sudo dpkg --configure -a<br> <br> or<br> <br> sudo apt-get install -f<br> <br> Regards,<br> azmodie<br> <br> <br> --<br> <a href="http://gplus.to/azmodie">http://gplus.to/azmodie</a><br> "Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until<br></blockquote>you hear<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"> them speak." -- some bright spark<br> <br> <br> On Tue, 13 Sept 2022 at 14:23, Alistair <alistair@archerry.plus.com><br></blockquote>wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> Last week I updated my Thinkpad T480 (running Kubuntu 22.04) using<br></blockquote></blockquote>the<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> command line. During the process the laptop crashed, and I am no<br></blockquote></blockquote>longer<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> able to access the desktop.<br> I can login to console after boot up, but when I try to start the<br></blockquote></blockquote>desktop<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> with 'startx' I get a black screen. To get there it asks for a<br></blockquote></blockquote>Kwallet<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> password - (never previously used) and a wireless network password.<br></blockquote></blockquote>The<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> mouse pointer is a black arrow with a white outline, which does<br></blockquote></blockquote>follow<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> movements of the trackpad but does not respond to right or left<br></blockquote></blockquote>buttons.<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"><br> I tried 'apt-get dist-upgrade' with the '-f' option to no avail.<br><br> I think it stated that several packages would be held back before<br></blockquote></blockquote>the<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> update. I booted into recovery mode, ran 'fsck', 'clean', enabled<br></blockquote></blockquote>network,<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> then ran 'dpkg' which updated 41 packages, but still no proper<br></blockquote></blockquote>desktop.<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"><br> How do I confirm the current state of the system, and then recover<br></blockquote></blockquote>/<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> repair the Kubuntu desktop?<br><br> Regards,<br><br> Alistair<br><br><br><br> --<br> EdLUG mailing list<br> EdLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk<br> <a href="https://lists.edlug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/edlug">https://lists.edlug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/edlug</a></blockquote><br> <br></blockquote></blockquote><br><br><br><br> <br></blockquote><br><br><br><br></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>