Hi James, Thank you for your clear instructions. Needless to say I'm quite a newbie at Ubuntu since I cannot use it on my laptop due to the installation error. Attached please find the 3 log files. And below please find my comments.
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:55 AM, James Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My apologies for not being clear. > Again I would _strongly_ advise you to ask for help at the forums: > www.ubuntuforums.org > or on the ubuntu users mailing list, to sign up: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users > > I will ask you to again type the commands inside the following quotes (but > don't type the quotes): > Everything outside the "" are comments to help you understand what you're > doing. > - take care with case > > Before gathering the information, we'll just check if we can get X going > properly > "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" This process always quits after "Keyboard options: lv3:ralt_switch" (I don't know if it's normal) > "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart" " Stopping GNOME Display Manager [OK] Starting GNOME Display Manager [fail] " > > If the above doesn't work: > > STEP 1: Insert your usb "memory stick" > "sudo fdisk -l" > This will produce a lot of output, what you are looking for (probably at the > end) is an entry like this: > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdc1 1 126 1012063+ 6 FAT16 > USB sticks are usually formated with vfat. > Record the information under the Device section i.e. /dev/sdc1 in my case > > STEP 2: > "cd /mnt" *C*hange *D*irectory to /mnt (just a place to mount the disk) > "sudo mkdir usbdrv" making a directory to mount your disk > "sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usbdrv" Linux will mount your drive > > STEP 3: > "cd usbdrv" lets make sure it all worked > 'ls" List the files again, the files on your usb stick should be listed. The > following instructions will depend on this being ok > Sorry, I've left out a rather important instruction above: > In STEP 3, 1 more command needs to be added after the last mentioned one: > "cd .. ; sudo -s" Following this last command it says: "bash: cd..: command not found" > > STEP 4: Gathering the information > "sudo dmesg > /mnt/usbdrv/dmesg.log" > "sudo lspci -vvnn > /mnt/usbdrv/lspci-vvnn.log" > "sudo cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log > /mnt/usbdrv/Xorg.log" > > STEP 5: > "umount /mnt/usbdrv" After typing this it said: "umount: /mnt/usbdrv: device is busy" > > STEP 6: > Attach the saved files on your usb drive to this report In spite of the minor error messages above, it seems to have managed to save the log files I'm sending herewith. Thanks again for taking this trouble. ** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17203637/dmesg.log ** Attachment added: "lspci-vvnn.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17203638/lspci-vvnn.log ** Attachment added: "Xorg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17203639/Xorg.log -- Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy doesn' t run on MiTAC laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158999 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
