[GRLUG] Ubuntu live and install issues
Shawn McCuan
metiosarius at linspirenetwork.com
Tue May 16 13:57:58 EDT 2006
A wiki would be nice :)
David Pembrook wrote:
> I've said it before and I'll say it again.... We should get a wiki
> going! Everyone can edit, its searchable, its awsome.
>
> I can't live without my private wiki.. Keep my notes in there, links,
> my own howto's compiled from others.
>
> Dave
>
> Bob Kline wrote:
>> Just curious, has anyone here posted any
>> Linux related material on the web? Since
>> so many people here seem to use google
>> as their first choice for solving problems,
>> perhaps the solutions found here should then
>> be posted somewhere too. In the spirit of
>> give a little, don't just take.
>>
>> -Bob
>>
>> On 5/16/06, *Jordan Hudson* <jodanlime at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jodanlime at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> yeah, linux and ati dont get along good with each other
>> sometimes, I would google that card and ubuntu together, see what
>> you can come up with there, I'm sure somebody has a similar problem.
>>
>> On 5/16/06, *Bob Kline* <bob.kline at gmail.com
>> <mailto:bob.kline at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I've been very lucky with my look at Ubuntu..... :-(
>>
>> The display problems occurred with two machines.
>> Both have ATI cards, which, while old, are
>> nevertheless common video cards.
>>
>> I was a bit surprised.
>>
>>
>> -Bob
>>
>>
>> On 5/16/06, *Jordan Hudson* < jodanlime at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jodanlime at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> wow, I've never had a display problem with ubuntu, maybe you
>> should try the expert setup, maybe ol' breezy is just seeing your
>> card wrong.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/15/06, *Tim Schmidt * <timschmidt at gmail.com
>> <mailto:timschmidt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Looks largely moot now.
>>
>> --tim
>>
>> On 5/14/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com
>> <mailto:bob.kline at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > I ran Caldera ( a long time ago! ) on the old
>> > box. Nothing on the newer box, but will be trying
>> > some others. Both boxes run windoz fine -
>> > fine considering windoz anyway.
>> >
>> >
>> > I'll try the vesa driver on the new machine. As
>> > mentioned, the "live" CD runs on the old machine,
>> > albeit quit slowly. Too slowly to be interesting.
>> >
>> >
>> > Manually resetting the machine? I don't follow.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Check the MD5 / SHA1 signature of the ISO?" How
>> > do I do that?
>> >
>> >
>> > The motherboard is an ASUS A7A266. About
>> > 5 or 6 years old. The display card is an ATI
>> > "Rage Fury Pro." 32MB of memory.
>> >
>> >
>> > I'll try a CD-R rather than a CD-RW at some point
>> > with the "install" version. Seems far fetched, but
>> > nothing else is making much sense at this point.
>> >
>> >
>> > -Bob
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 5/14/06, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com
>> <mailto:timschmidt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > On 5/14/06, Bob Kline < bob.kline at gmail.com
>> <mailto:bob.kline at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > > The "live" version came up on an older machine, but
>> > > was indeed too slow to be interesting. On a newer
>> > > machine it comes up to a point, and then I get display
>> > > problems.
>> >
>> > Have you given other recent Linux distributions a shot on
>> the same
>> > hardware? You could also try specifying the vesa display
>> driver,
>> > which should work on any graphics hardware.
>> >
>> > > The "install" version results in the endless "Press a key
>> > > to reboot" messages. I'm repeating myself a bit here,
>> > > but just to be clear, it is the "install" version that I am
>> > > really interested in. The "live" version can't be taken
>> > > seriously except as a demo vehicle.
>> >
>> > Sounds like either a bad CD, a funky ACPI setup, or some
>> other odd
>> > problem. Have you tried manually resetting the machine?
>> >
>> > > I suspect Ubuntu has to work better than this, given its
>> > > reputation, which is why I brought up the possibility that
>> > > there might be some kind of "burn" issue, even though
>> > > just what escapes me. The DVD/CD device works fine
>> > > in all other respects. I routinely use it for backups.
>> >
>> > Check the MD5 / SHA1 signature of the ISO?
>> >
>> > > Now, my machine is a home rolled unit too, so I really
>> > > can't go and say to anyone "Ubuntu doesn't work on an X
>> >
>> > So are all mine... motherboard and graphics card make and
>> model might help.
>> >
>> > --tim
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