Acer Apspire One 753 and Kubuntu

[Pascal Francq]

I install KUbuntu 10.10 on a Acer Aspire One 751h without problem. My Aspire 
One uses a Intel GMA500 "Poulsbo" chipset. You find here a description how to 
install it :
	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo
It may perhaps solve your problem.

On jeudi 28 octobre 2010, Girard Henri wrote:
> Le mercredi 27 octobre 2010 à 17:05 -0400, FarSight Data Systems a
> 
> écrit :
> > On Wednesday 27 October 2010 03:56:25 pm Jonas Norlander wrote:
> > > 2010/10/24 Jonas Norlander <jonorland at gmail.com>:
> > > > Hi!
> > > > 
> > > > I just bought an Acer Aspire One 753 and wanted to install Kubuntu
> > 
> > 10.10
> > 
> > > > on it. I created a bootable USB-stick with Kubuntu 10.10 according
> > 
> > to
> > 
> > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick.
> > > > It booted fine and i could run the LiveCD, i resized the existing
> > > > Windows 7 partition and installed Kubuntu.
> > > > Everything went smooth during the installation but when I rebooted
> > > > into Kubuntu it wouldn't start X. I think it trying to start a
> > > > failsafe X with VESA but fails with error in the log.
> > > > 
> > > > The last lines from Xorg.0.log is:
> > > > (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
> > > > (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
> > > > ...
> > > > (EE) open /dev/fd0: No such file or directory
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I tried to create a default xorg.conf (based on the
> > > > xorg.conf.failsafe) and replaced the vesa driver with intel but
> > 
> > then I
> > 
> > > > didn't get any error but it wouldn't start.
> > > > Has anyone installed Kubuntu on an Acer Aspire One 753 or have any
> > > > ideas what to do/try?
> > > > If needed I post more hardware info later.
> > > > 
> > > > / Jonas
> > > 
> > > I was hoping that there was any other on this list had the same
> > > machine or similar hardware.
> > > 
> > > It has an Intel Celeron U3400 CPU with integrated Graphics (Intel HD
> > > Graphics). Arrandale it's called I think.
> > > What I can see from searching the net, Arrandale should be supported
> > > with the Kernel, Xorg and Intel versions in 10.10.
> > > Booting from the LiveCD and checking the Xorg.0.log shows it is
> > 
> > using
> > 
> > > the intel driver.
> > > So what makes it work from the LiveCD and not when installed?
> > > 
> > > / Jonas
> > 
> > Have you tried copying the relevant configuration files from the
> > LiveCD to the system? I've done that with Knoppix to help with some
> > xorg configurations.
> 
> Ubuntu uses xorg for livecd but when you start it, it detect your video
> card and try to use it. jockey ask you if you want to use it drivers.
> sorry my english is limited...
> with nvidia i have no problems, ATI i have an old card so sometimes
> difficult... I usually disinstalled my video card if i have problems and
> use vesa drivers which most of the case works.


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Dr. Ir. Pascal Francq
BELGIUM
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