help+ubuntu 8.04 installation+please

[Donny George]

hey

u r really great sir

i did the very same way as u did and it worked

i thought i would never sleep today but seems like i can, after all its just
11.45 pm in germany

u made my day

thnx a lot

cheers

donny


On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:50 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 06/11/2008 12:51 PM, Donny George wrote:
> > hello
> >
> > thnx for the mail
> >
> >
> > yes i do have a usb stick
> >
> > and with lspci command
> >
> > the display controller :  ati tech. unknown device 5874
>
> This sounds like this issue:
>
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/213753
> [Cannot get normal graphical session running after install]
>
> Try the "Failsafe GNOME" option at the login screen and see if that gets
> you into gdm.
>
> <quote>
> As a workaround, I was able to boot up the system and click on the OPTIONS
> menu at the startup screen. Clicking on the OPTIONS menu and choosing
> "Sessions", I picked the "Failsafe GNOME" option, and changed to that
> session. Then, the Desktop appeared. A message in the menu appeared
> notifying me that there was a restricted driver available (for the
> video). I installed that restricted driver and restarted the machine. I
> was then able to enter my UN and PW and safely start up a normal Ubuntu
> session using the newly installed video driver.
> </quote>
>
>
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