[Staffslug] FW: Ubuntu
No, I just used an old sata drive and let Ubuntu 9.1 do its stuff. This was
last September or so and it worked fine ever since. I have no idea what the
driver was. I did have a wide screen 22" Monitor on it which I managed to
set up correctly but I let that go to one of my grandson who needed a decent
monitor. So I put one of my old LCD monitors on it and that it did not like.
Since I cant get into X I cant change the display settings which is when I
tried to sort it using the command console but failed.
I thought I could change the boot parameters somehow to force to use VGA
settings but I could not figure out where they were or how to change them.
Anyway, its over. I wiped the disk and I am re-installing now. I just need
to test a perl script to make sure it all works as it should on a Linux box.
W
-----Original Message-----
From: staffslug-bounces(a)staffslug.org.uk
[mailto:staffslug-bounces@staffslug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Kris Douglas
Sent: 12 April 2010 17:46
To: staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Staffslug] Ubuntu
On 12 April 2010 17:43, walt <walt(a)helvatron.co.uk> wrote:
Thanks Kevan,
Yes, first thing I did is look for the repair an existing system option
then
I tried the live install which works but I still don't know what
files to
'doctor' so the display works in the existing hdd installation.
I can get into a command window using ctrl-alt-f2 and then login as root.
But startx does not give any useful hints as to what I need to do fix
this.
I'll run the Ubuntu disk check now, just in case, and then I'll have to
give
up and re-install.
Thanks everyone for helping, W
Just for the hell of it, you don't happen to run any restricted or
custom display drivers for, say NVidia or ATI do you?
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Kris Douglas,
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