[GRLUG] Ubuntu live and install issues

[Bob Kline]

It sounds like you have experience.  Care to
set up something for the group?   I will
contribute what I can,  including solutions to
my problems that people in the group provide.
A simple statement of the problem,  and the
solution arrived at.

i.e.,  a good idea made even better by getting
on with it.  Google can then catch wind of it
eventually,  and others outside the group can
use the information.


  -Bob


On 5/16/06, Shawn McCuan <metiosarius at linspirenetwork.com> wrote:
>
> 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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