[GRLUG] Ubuntu live and install issues

[Bob Kline]

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> 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> wrote:
>
> > Looks largely moot now.
> >
> > --tim
> >
> > On 5/14/06, Bob Kline <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> wrote:
> > > >
> > >  On 5/14/06, Bob Kline < 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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