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NOTE: While working through my issue and documenting it I discovered the solution, but have decided to post this in case another person has the same/similar issue (see bottom)...

After uninstalling the PulseAudio Equalizer and rebooting, I have lost my desktop (GNOME).

Upon powering up the Ubuntu start-up screen displays... then a generic login screen appears, and after logging in, I only get a terminal window... see: http://www.locusplex.us/images/screenshots.jpg

I am running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid on a Dell Latitude 13.

I have tried:

~$ sudo startx

which returns:

Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If the server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again

removing the file:

~$ sudo rm /tmp/.X0-lock

and trying ('startx') again yields:

_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeA11COTSServerListenerrs: server already running
Fatal server error:
Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure the X Server isn't already running

After stopping/starting the X Server:

~$ sudo stop gdm
~$ gdm stop/waiting
~$ sudo start gdm

I am taken back to the login screen like before (see image above).

Stopping the server again ('sudo stop gdm') then trying:

~$ sudo startx

again yields:

_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeA11COTSServerListenerrs: server already running
Fatal server error:
Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure the X Server isn't already running

I have searched multiple forums, including Ask Ubuntu and found a few related threads:

GDM Killed at Startup I have attempted the suggestions there with:

sudo apt-get install -f -m --reinstall -u gdm

The log reports:

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded
Do you want to continue [Y/n] Y

A bit more logging and end with:

Setting up gdm (2.30.2 is.2.30.0-0ubuntu5.2 ...

Next per the suggestion:

~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm
~$ sudo reboot

Then I find myself back at the previously described login screen.

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    Please, instead of putting the solution inside of the question, post an actual answer (and accept it). – edwin Jul 26 '13 at 01:51

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SOLUTION/FIX that worked for me: From Ask Ubuntu, GDM session list borked

Try reinstalling the gnome-session package:
    sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-session
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  • Just upgraded to buster and was in the same boat: greeter worked, logged in to nothing but a blue screen. This solved the problem, thanks! – aghast Oct 15 '19 at 05:01