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Alexia Death (alexiade) wrote : Re: [Karmic] X server starts randomly in failsafe when starting from cold boot

My kdm log tells me this about the failure:

X.Org X Server 1.6.4
Release Date: 2009-9-27
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-24-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux angelica 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686
Kernel command line: root=UUID=a0fd659a-f6bf-4fb5-bcbb-920bd376c92e ro nosplash
Build Date: 14 October 2009 11:18:16PM
xorg-server 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu3 (buildd@)
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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: Sat Oct 24 11:08:59 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
 ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype
xinit /etc/gdm/failsafeXinit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe -- /usr/bin/X -br -once -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe -logfile /var/log/Xorg.failsafe.log