<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>The ATI proprietary driver is called 'fglrx':</div><div><pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">[ 128.967] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
[ 128.968] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fglrx
[ 128.968] (II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"
[ 128.969] (II) Unloading fglrx
[ 128.969] (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module does not exist, 0)</pre></div><div>Your Xorg.log shows that the 'fglrx' driver doesn't exist - it hasn't been installed correctly. X tries to load it and fails so falls back to trying various other drivers (I think it ends up trying the radeon driver or framebuffer mode, I'm no expert in these things), but none of these drivers can handle it. So we need to get it installed properly. Unless you know how to install it from the command line (which I don't) then this means using the Additional Drivers tool.. but that needs X, so we need to get you into X. </div><div><br></div><div>It's possible that 'nomodeset' may be confusing the various drivers. So we need to see if we can get you into X without using that option. If I take it as read that you can't just boot into X without using nomodeset, then this means bypassing the ****** plymouth splash screen.</div><div><div>edit /etc/default/grub: Comment out (with a hash) the line that starts with 'GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT'. Uncomment the line GRUB_TIMEOUT and set a value, e.g. GRUB_TIMEOUT=10.</div><div>Now run sudo update-grub, and reboot.</div><div>When you do this you should see the grub menu at boot. This will allow you to select 'recovery mode'. Do this and then just select 'Continue normal boot'. This bypasses the plymouth splash screen.</div><div>Try this with or without nomodeset - one way might get you into X from where you can install the ATI driver. Once done you'll again need to see whether you now need nomodeset to get the system to boot properly.</div></div><div><br></div><div>The other way to bypass the splash is just to prevent plymouth ever using a splash screen - I haven't tried this myself but in /etc/default/grub you'll see the options 'quiet splash' on GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. You can remove these options, run sudo update-grub again and reboot and you'll get a good old-fashioned very messy looking linux boot up :)</div><div><br></div><div>I went through all this on a recent NVIDIA system install, so I'll try to help all I can.</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 9 Dec 2011, at 23:25, Jim Cunning wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Top-posted, see bottom<br><br>On 12/09/2011 03:11 AM, Mark Greenwood wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">It's plymouth. You'll probably find that if you boot into recovery mode and then just select 'continue normal boot', you'll boot up just fine. Otherwise 'nomodeset' is the way.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> If there are proprietary video drivers for your card, install them. It fixed the problem for me.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mark<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On 9 Dec 2011, at 01:42, <a href="mailto:theuteck@gmail.com">theuteck@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">My Atom system does something similar. I have to pass 'nomodeset' to grub and <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">and add it to /etc/default/grub to see the video. If I boot into recovery <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">mode I can still see the screen so I can make the edit, so hopefully that is <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the same for you.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Thursday, December 08, 2011 05:04:38 PM Jim Cunning wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Update: I purchased the product and tried to install 11.04. The<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">install CD first displays "error: prefix is not set", then grub gives me<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the choice of "Start Kubuntu" or "Check disc for defects"<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Regardless of which selection I choose, the screen goes blank, and<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">eventually the monitor reports "No signal". Despite this, I believe the<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">system is booting because I can hear and see CD drive activity. If I<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">select "Check disc for defects" the drive remains active for quite some<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">time, confirming my suspicions. The problem is that the video never<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">comes back after the initial grub screen.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">The behavior is the same with 11.10, however 10.04 LTS does boot,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">successfully and install completely. The problem with 10.04 LTS is that<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the video is only 1280x1024 on a 1920x1080 monitor, and eth0 is<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">recognized and sends DHCP requests, but never receives the responses<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">from the router. I know the LAN interface works with Windows 7 in the<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">remaining partition on the disk.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I also tried installing from a USB stick and got the same results as<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">with install CDs.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Anyone know what kind of grub/kernel boot parameters I can used to get a<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">video display to continue a 11.04 or 11.10 install?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Thanks,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Jim Cunning<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On 12/06/2011 09:22 AM, uteck wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">That is one of the new Bobcat or Llano chips., I Googled for "ubuntu<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">bobcat apu"<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">The AMD forum has some good reviews of it working very well with 11.04<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.amdzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=532&t=138280&start=100">http://www.amdzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=532&t=138280&start=100</a><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><<a href="http://www.amdzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=532&t=138280&start=100">http://www.amdzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=532&t=138280&start=100</a>><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jim Cunning <<a href="mailto:jcunning@cunning.ods.org">jcunning@cunning.ods.org</a><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><<a href="mailto:jcunning@cunning.ods.org">mailto:jcunning@cunning.ods.org</a>>> wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Hello all,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> I am looking at purchasing an Acer desktop computer with an AMD<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> A4-Series APU A4-3400(2.7Hz) processor. I assume the CPU itself<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> is<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> x86_64 compatible, but was wondering about the graphics<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> compatibility. I didn't see anything from Google to give me a<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> clue. Anyone have experience with this processor? Any caveats?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Thanks,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Jim Cunning<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>There is no "recovery mode" available from grub on the install CD/USB<br>stick, no "nomodeset" was my only option, and it worked. I installed<br>11.10, but somehow Windows 7 screwed up the HDD grub, and I had to<br>re-install grub from the live CD. OK, so far.<br><br>Now the system (11.10) will boot as long as I put in "nomodeset", but X<br>fails to start and I have only virtual consoles available. I downloaded<br>the AMD ATI proprietary driver, which had successfully installed on<br>10.04 LTS, but it aborts when started from a virtual console.<br><br>/var/log/Xorg.0.log has a lot of stuff (of course), but the error line<br>near the end<br><br> (EE) RADEON(0): Chipset: "SUMO2" (ChipID = 0x9644) requires KMS<br><br>The entire Xorg.0.log file is available at <a href="http://cunning.ods.org/Xorg.0.log">http://cunning.ods.org/Xorg.0.log</a><br><br>Jim<br><br>-- <br>kubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>