Virtualbox does a kernel recompile thing. See the other email related to quick repair via command line Guest Addtions: http://reformedmusings.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/installing-sun-virtualbox-6-guest-additions-in-linux-guests/ Obnosis | (503)754-4452 PLUG Linux Security Labs 2nd Saturday Each Month@Noon - 3PM > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:58:39 -0700 > From: danceswithcrows@usa.net > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: How to recover X display? > > From: Josef Lowder > >On 3/23/09, Matt Graham wrote: > >> USB drive, shirley? > > When I plug in a flash stick into a USB drive, it no longer gets > > mounted now, so I cannot copy files to it. > > Mount it manually, then. Plug drive in, dmesg | tail to see which > device node it got assigned to, mkdir /mnt/usb , mount /dev/sd?1 > /mnt/usb . (It's not that you can't copy files to the disk, it's > that you don't know how to do it.) > > >> This is an X problem IIRC. The module being referred to is the X > >> module, not a kernel module. Did X get upgraded at some point? > > As far as I can tell, "X" did not get upgraded or changed. > > No scare quotes around X are necessary. It's an abbreviation for > the X11 Window System, which drives graphics cards and input > devices on Linux/*BSD systems. You probably have an executable > called /usr/bin/X on your system. > > > Tried editing out the line referring to "v4l" and rebooted, but > > that did not bring back "X" > > No reboot was necessary. Just restarting X should've showed you > if it had worked. Did /var/log/Xorg.0.log change? It > would be a good idea to post that file too, since there are > probably some things in there that would be useful to see. The > whole file, not excerpts, even though 90% of the X log is usually > useless.... > > >> grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf > >> lspci | grep VGA > > VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility > > Right, so the xorg.conf grep should've showed either radeon or fglrx. > Those are the Free and proprietary X modules that drive those cards. > > This is all very strange to me, since installing virtualbox shouldn't > have changed *anything* with the X config. > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss _________________________________________________________________ Get quick access to your favorite MSN content with Internet Explorer 8. http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN55C0701A