Problem...Hoary preview Live CD on Laptop

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Sat Mar 12 05:19:45 UTC 2005


On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 05:22:29PM +1300, Mike wrote:

> .. Been running Warty on this laptop (hybrid) since release and everything
> is fine. Tried the Hoary live preview and everything seems fine 'til it
> tries to "startX" then it fails with a message that includes:
> 
> Can't start xserver.
> No video bios modes for chosen depth.
> 
> 
> 
> The motherboard is intel with onboard video etc.
> 2.4 ghz processor, 1 gig ram
> 
> Just thought I'd mention it as I am Linux challenged and don't know how to
> fix it :)

Please report a bug (Package: xserver-xorg), and attach the following files
from the live CD:

- /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- /var/log/Xorg.0.log

-- 
 - mdz




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