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I start pc, it goes through bios ok, goes through grub ok, even displays xubuntu splash image (big xubuntu on blue-white background) and stops. I can get in tty1, even log in, but no desktop. Tried startxfce4 only to see fatal server error server already running. How do i get my desktop back, as it was before this problem, without reinstalling my system preferably. Also, im not-native english, linux beginner.

edit: it is dell optiplex gx280, no wifi, no bluetooth, graphics card is eah5450 silent/di/1gd3(lp) with the graphics engine AMD Radeon HD 5450.

Yesterday i turned it off like every day, and today its stuck on black screen.

Not fixed, reinstalled.

Nomo Hakon
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I'm glad that the hardware is OK :-)

The problem might be that the proprietary drivers for Radeon chips are no longer developed/supported. On the other hand, the corresponding free driver is developed and quite good in 16.04.1 LTS and newer versions of Ubuntu.

Please try to switch to the free driver (by removing the proprietary driver). If we are lucky it will work with your graphics card.

This link shows how to remove the proprietary driver for Radeon cards:

askubuntu.com/questions/68306/how-do-i-remove-the-proprietary-ati-drivers

Otherwise you can use an older version, where the proprietary driver is still working, for example 14.04.1 LTS. Unfortunately that version of Xubuntu is only supported for 3 years, until April this year. But in the meantime you might find another solution.

sudodus
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