sudo mv -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
mv: cannot stat `/etc/X11/xorg.conf’: No such file or directory
Heh … read the next line “the above command may fail, but just carry on with the next command” 
That line is only to backup an already existing xorg.conf IF IT EXISTS … if it doesn’t exist, the command will fai, but just carry on
Thanks and my apologies.
I’m back at the login screen and it’s refusing to reboot. Seems quite sluggish too, getting the Suspend / Shutdown menu to drop.
Would a REISUB be appropriate at this point?
Yeh, give it a shot.
Rebooted and logged in. I’m afraid screen is still unreadable at his point.
I can just about make out on the screen:
System program problem detected
Do you want to report the problem now
Cancel / Report problem…
OK, try this …
Reboot to recovery, then run:
sudo mv -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.broken
Reboot to recovery again, and run:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-video-intel
Then reboot (normally) to test.
[EDIT]
Oh, it would have been nice to know what it said the problem was
sudo mv -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.broken
File or directory does not exist
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-video-intel
/sbin/ldconfig.real: Can’t create temprorary cache file /etc/ld.so.cache~: Read-only file system
Oh, it would have been nice to know what it said the problem was
I didn’t Mark. That’s al the message said - it was a popup on screen.
What’s the output from:
ls -a /etc/X11
and
ls -l ~/xorg.conf.new
?
ls -a /etc/X11
. fonts xorg.conf Xsession
… rgb.conf.failsafe Xsession
app-defaults X Xreset Xsession.options
cursor xinit Xreset.d Xwrapper.config
defaults-display-manager xkb Xresources
ls -l ~/xorg.conf.new
ls cannot access /root/xorg.conf.new: No such file or directory
Seems you’re logged onto a root prompt … what’s your username on the PC ?
[EDIT]
Ignore that … it’s ubuntu3 … correct ?
If so, what’s the output from:
ls -l /home/ubuntu3/xorg.conf.new
?
Does the command line prompt end with an # or an $ ?
Ignore that … it’s ubuntu3 … correct ?
Correct
ls -l /home/ubuntu3/xorg.conf.new
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 5179 Jul 14 14:16 /home/ubunut3/xorg.conf.new
It’s in the wrong place, right ?
Does the command line prompt end with an # or an $ ?
#
OK, try this:-
mv -v /home/ubunut3/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
then run:
ls -a /etc/X11
If xorg.conf is listed in the output … reboot normally to test.
And remember …
sudo mv -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.broken
then rebooting will get you back to where you are now.
mv -v /home/ubunut3/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
mv: cannot move /home/ubuntu3/xorg.conf.new' to /etc/X11/xorg.conf’: Read-only file system
Sorry about this Mark
OK, somewhat baffled by that … how did you get to the root prompt ? … for some reason the file system seems to be getting mounted as read only ???
I booted into ‘Recovery’ mode and chose the option:
root Drop to root shell prompt
What happens if you run:
mount -o remount,rw /
then
mv -v /home/ubunut3/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
If that works … run:
touch /forcefsck
then reboot normally.
If it doesn’t work … tell me what the output from the first command was.
That all seemed to work fine. Move appeared to work, received:
/home/ubuntu3/xorg.conf.new' -> /etc/X11/xorg.conf’
Second and third prompts no output
OK, reboot normally:
reboot
or
shutdown -r now
it will run a file system check during the bootup, let it finish … and when it does, tell me if the screen is OK now.
Be Aware … if you EVER use the REISUB/REISUO trick, you MUST leave a few seconds between each keystroke.