help+ubuntu 8.04 installation+please

[Donny George]

hey nils

thnx for the mail

so in short is this come kind of graphics card problem and i assume that
since i am not connected to the internet may be i cant download the driver
for the graphics card either. am i reasoning in the right direction. is this
a too simple problem or something really complex.

donny



On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

> Donny George wrote:
> > yes i do have a usb stick
>
> OK, then please enter the command "tail -f /var/log/messages" and then
> plug the USB stick in. After a moment there will be some messages like
> this (I removed the beginning of each line for readability):
>
> usb 6-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
> usb 6-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access   Ut163  USB2FlashStorage 0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] 7897087 512-byte hardware sectors (4043 MB)
> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] 7897087 512-byte hardware sectors (4043 MB)
> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
>  sdc: sdc1
> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
> sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
>
> The important line is this: " sdc: sdc1" where it tells you the device
> name of the USB stick. The sdc1 is the relevant name. Your USB stick may
> get a different device name depending on the number of disks already
> known to the system.
>
> Now use the command
>
> sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt
>
> where you replace the name sdc1 with the name found on your system when
> you plugged it in.
>
> Then you can copy the log file with the command
>
> sudo cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log /mnt
>
> Finally you should umount the USB stick with the command
>
> sudo umount /mnt
>
> and when you see the command prompt again you may unplug the USB stick.
>
> > and with lspci command
> >
> > the display controller :  ati tech. unknown device 5874
>
> Sorry, I can't comment on ati cards.
>
>
> Nils
>
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