laptop won't boot properly after install

[Yorvyk]

On 17/04/13 22:03, Thufir Hawat wrote:
> When the laptop boots, It cycles between showing a mouse on a black
> background.  It seems an infinite loop.  Sometimes there's distorted
> writing which I can't read or capture.  I just installed 12.10 (server)
> on the laptop and xubuntu on top of that.
>
> I think that I'm running into a problem I had before on another
> computer.  I installed Linux but had to modify xorg.conf manually as
> below:
>
> thufir at dur:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
> 	Driver		"vesa"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier	"Default Screen"
> 	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
> 	Device		"Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
> thufir at dur:~$
>
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/264245
>
>
> This was because it was old hardware.  As before, I started with
> installing the server version (12.10) because it fits on a CD.  Next I
> installed xubuntu-desktop lightdm and xfce and rebooted the laptop, a
> Sotec 3120x:
>
> http://www.cnet.com/laptops/sotec-3120x/4505-3121_7-20801932.html
>
> As happened with my desktop, however, there's some problem with
> resolution or aspect ratio, perhaps.  On the desktop, I just modified
> xorg.conf.
>
> Should I also do this with the laptop?
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Thufir
>
>
This is a known bug with SiS graphics.
Have a look at 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-sis/+bug/1066464 
as this offers a possible solution.



-- 
Steve