Re: Ubuntu 14.04 & AMD FirePro™ 2270

[Pete Smout]

On Nov 4, 2014 4:54 PM, "Colin Law" <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4 November 2014 16:39, Ian A Taylor <iat at st-andrews.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Sir/Madam
> >
> > I am trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 onto my desktop.
> >
> > My desktop contains an AMD FirePro™ 2270
> >
> > I have Scientific Linux 6.5 working on this machine no problems
> >
> > My usb install sticks works
> > When I boot to it and test Ubuntu 14.04 it works ok
>
> Did you run the image test?  Boot into the stick and hit a key when it
> shows the keyboard icon at the bottom and select the test image or
> test files or something similar.  Can't remember what it is says
> exactly.  Probably it will be ok since it installed, but worth
> checking.
>
> Colin
>

In my capacity of minister for stateing the obvious, have you tried
-ctrl-alt-F1 whilst the screen is blank? This should drop you to a shell
(full screen terminal)

Also try hitting escape whilst it's booting to see the text boot log and
note any errors!

Pete S

Minister for stating the bleeding obvious ;D

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