I get a little further with the xforcevesa boot option. The desktop is displayed (rather than nothing!) but it still hangs.
Steve H. On Monday 04 August 2008 12:17:11 Juan Miguel Corral wrote: > I am experiencing a similar problem, also with an ATI 9200. LiveCD hangs > on startup (I only can see a big white square). It gets solved adding > the "xforcevesa" option. > > When I install it, it dispays KDM login properly, and I can even start a > session in failsafe console mode. But when I start a normal session, it > shows the splah screen (without the messages, just the graphics: no > fonts), and then the big white square. Sometimes it appears what looks > like the edge of an enormous font. This makes me think the problem has > something to do with font rendering. > > If I login in failsafe console and select vesa screen driver, it works, > but obviously I cannot take advantage of the graphic card's features. > > I can help posting the logs, if somebody tells me what log can be > useful. > > Best regards. Juan. ________________________________________________________________________ Misco is a division of Systemax Europe Ltd. Registered in Scotland Number 114143. Registered Office: Caledonian Exchange, 19a Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG. Telephone +44 (0)1933 686000. -- Kubuntu Hardy 8.04 live CD (and install) hangs during boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221329 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
