Unable to use Ubuntu 8.04 live CD

Sat Aug 9 20:31:27 UTC 2008

>From what I'm reading I wonder if purging and
reinstalling ubuntu-desktop might be the solution. 
Have you reeinstalled ubuntu-desktop yet?  Purging
before installing might take out some things the
installing wont automatically put back so keep you
konsole window open so that you have a list of all the
things removed and have something to go by to
reinstall.
HTH,

Len
--- Jerry Alber <jalber at kitcarson.net> wrote:

> Jerry Alber wrote:
> > 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 
> NoOp,
> 
> Sorry, but I probably deleted the "I did reply"
> email by mistake. I am 
> staying with the whole email list just in case there
> might be someone 
> else with a similar problem.
> 
> I did: Alt-F2 gksu displayconfig-gtk, but couldnot
> find the correct 
> monitor or graphics card. I tried quite a few
> choices, but when I use 
> the "test" button, I got nothing but a screen full
> of lines and it would 
> go no further. So I had to reject my choices before
> the timer ran out 
> which would chose my setup.
> 
> I had read where someone else, who had the same
> problem who replaced the 
> "new and improved" xorg.conf file with a version
> before Ubuntu 8.04, and 
> it worked. I have not done that yet, but what I did
> do was to install 
> Kubuntu's desktop which then gave me a KDE choice in
> the "options". That 
> worked with no problems. I took a look at the
> xorg.conf file and the 
> choices it made were some of the very ones I had
> chosen before, but 
> would not work in Gnome. So far, the only way to be
> able to work in 
> Gnome is to start with runlevel 3 and then go to
> startx. If I do that, I 
> have no problems with Gnome at all.
> 
> At least I got it working in KDE but I would still
> like to know what's 
> going on with Gnome.
> 
> Take care,
> Jerry
> 
> PS. This time, I'll try not to delete your response
> :-[
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Leonard Chatagnier
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