Ultimate Edition 2.8 need some help...

[Larry]

On 07/12/2010 08:17 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 12/07/10 22:48, Larry wrote:
>    
>> *Ok, Yes I am aware this is not the Ultimate Edition 2.8 users list, but
>> I do know that some of you are or have been using it, so I am asking
>> here for some help if at all possible...
>>
>> 2.8 has been running for me, just fine, but after I installed the
>> graphics drive 96.43.17, the card which is a GeForce4 MX 440 128mb ram,
>> I then rebooted my system, now it hangs with the Ultimate Edition 2.8
>> Logo...It will not continue too load at all...
>>
>> If any one can tell me how I can switch it back to the version which
>> came with 2.8, I would love to hear how I can do that...
>>
>> Any help on this would be very appreciated...
>>
>> Thanks Larry
>>
>>      
>
> Ultimate Edition is, of course, Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) with some pretty
> things. So, what applies to Ubuntu would apply to UE which is, when
> booting press ESC and then select the "recovery mode" or whatever it is
> called (I have never done this I am working "blind" here and basing this
> comment on what I think I have read here) or boot into (?)Safe Mode.
>
> The MX440 is a pretty old card and I am pretty sure that the last driver
> which will work with it is the legacy #173 driver - if you need, that
> is, to replace the basic, default driver.
>
> BC
>
>
>    
*Ok BC,
Yes I no my graphics card is an older one, but it has allways worked, so 
why buy a new one and spend the money when it works and has just fine...

I have tried too the Recovery mode, which brings me to a Recovery menu...
I have tried each one of the options given...
Clean yes
dpkg yes
FailsafeX yes
the other two no...

So when eachone I have tried it loads up, which brings me to the login 
prompt, but no GUI, so this is my question, how can I start up what 
every I need like startx or start gdm, none seem to work...

Do you have any idea how I can start it with a GUI display...Or what I 
may need to do to get it to start normally...???

Thanks for the help..

Larry
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