Unable to use Ubuntu 8.04 live CD

[Jerry Alber]

NoOp wrote:
> On 08/03/2008 10:28 PM, Jerry Alber wrote:
>   
>> NoOp wrote:
>>     
>
>   
>>> That's just odd...
>>>
>>> Maybe Leonard has a good point; at the login window, can you select
>>> "Options" (lower left corner) and then select "Select Session", then
>>> "Failsafe GNOME" mode. Let's see if it's flipping back because xserver
>>> is crashing. Before you do that however; do Ctrl-Alt-F1 and see if you
>>> get a tty login, see if you can login that way. If you can login from
>>> tty mode then log back out ('exit') and return to the login screen
>>> (Ctrl-Alt-F7) and login using Failsafe GNOME.
>>>
>>> As for checking the logs from FC; check /var/crash and see if there is
>>> something in there, as well as /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> NoOp,
>>
>> Thanks for your very quick reply!
>> I checked /var/crash and there was nothing there. I also checked 
>> /var/log/xorg.0.log. It was there and very long but I am not sure 
>> exactly what I should be looking for.
>>
>> I can get in by using "Failsafe GNOME". 
>>     
>
> Cool! That means that gdm is probably having fits with your graphics
> card/driver.
>
> I also used Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get
>   
>> into that TTY. I logged in and then typed "startx". It said "Server is 
>> already active for display 0. If this server is no longer running, 
>> remove /tmp/.X0-lock and try again. I removed the lock and did startx. 
>> It started and I got the regular GUI screen with the 2 panels - top and 
>> bottom.
>>     
>
> That's normal & cool again! Just logout of the tty (or use 'exit') and
> use Ctrl-Alt-F7 after exit. That will take you back to the login screen
> or your gdm session depending upon when you exited gdm to to tty.
>
>   
>> It seems to work as it should unless I go back to Ctrl-Alt-F1 which 
>> takes me to that TTY screen, but when I go to Ctrl-Alt-F7 which should 
>> take me back to the GUI I just left, I get the login screen instead. 
>>     
>
> That's not normal, but it might be because you are still having problem
> with your graphics - so put that one on the back burner for now.
>
> If
>   
>> I log in, it goes no where and I just sit there with an orange screen.
>>
>> Interesting.
>>     
>
> OK, now that you are in gdm mode, open a terminal and:
>
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
> log out and try to log back in normally by setting the session to
> "GNOME" and see if that works. Your resolution might be off & if it
> causes you to not see the panels, use: Alt-F2 and enter:
> gnome-display-properties
> and see if you can set your proper resolution. If that doesn't work, use
> Alt-F2 again and enter: gksu displayconfig-gtk
> and try to set the screens from there. Note: click the "Graphics Card"
> tab & see if your GC driver looks correct. If not don't do anything yet,
> just post back on what it shows.
>
> If it still gives you fits, set the session back to "Failsafe GNOME" and
> log back in.
>
> I think we are getting closer... as I see it, this is a graphics
> card/driver gdm issue, & again _thanks_ for your patience in testing all
> of this. If we can peg down your problem(s) then you can post on your
> launchpad thread & hopefully help others & the developers modify the
> install CD's.
>
>
>   
NoOp,

Did you get my email that I sent on the 5th? Just incase, I am repeating 
it below. Once I use startx in the Ubuntu Alternate CD, I checked the 
logs and it seems to recognize the Raedon graphics card and the LCD 
monitor that I am using. If you are too busy right now to deal with this 
problem since I can see by the number of times your name appears in the 
mailing list, you are very far from being idle.



I did the above but still can not log back in. I did make a hard copy of 
the xorg-conf file before I did the above. After doing the above, I took 
another look and it was still the same. The odt attachment contains both 
the Ubuntu 8.04.1 alternate and Ubuntu-Studio 7.10 xorg-conf files. The 
latter is much more explicit than the former Ubuntu 8.04.1.

Ubuntu 8.04.1 does not seem to have trouble finding the Radeon driver; 
it's just not registering with the xorg.conf file.

Where is the debconf database? Is there a way to populate it?

If worse come to worse, I can always start with run-level 3 and then use 
"startx" although I would rather not.

At least mabey we're getting closer to the real problem.

Take care,
Jerry
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