Kubuntu Install Help Please!

[eamonnconnor]

Hello,

I have been trying to install kubuntu 8.10 on my Dell Mini12 for some time now.
(Dell mini 12: 1.6ghz intel atom, 1gb mem, 80gb hdd)

Every time I try to install kubuntu, I get all the way through the install, it tells me I'm done and to reboot into kubuntu, and then all I get is a full screen terminal. it has me put int he user and pass that I set during install, but other than that no functionality.

I have tried the regular cd and the dvd via usb dvdrom drive, and the alternate install image via thumbdrive w unetbootin.

I have scourered many forums searching for a solution to this, and I have seen a few things about an xserv problem, but I am pretty much a complete noob at linux so I have been unsuccessful.

Help Please!

Thanks,
Eamonn Connor

[D-cat]

well, there's a few things to look at first to see if there's a bad default. Once you have the prompt, try these commands...

sudo init 5

if no gui, try startx

if that fails, let us know what errors you get. Also please post the output of tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log (zero).

---Edit:
Note: It's easier to post log outputs if you can make a network connection to the micro from the computer you're using to connect to the Internet via ssh, then you can do a simple cut and paste.

[devils casper]

then all I get is a full screen terminal. it has me put int he user and pass that I set during install, but other than that no functionality.

Press Alt+Ctrl+F1. Does it drop you at command line login prompt?

[eamonnconnor]

Thanks for the replies.

After running startx it gives me two errors:

(red= computer ouptut from commands)

(EE) VESA(0): No valid modes
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.

after tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log I get:

(EE) VESA(0): No valid modes
(II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
(II) UnloadModule: "int10"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) UnloadModule: "vbe"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found


Thanks again for the help...I hope this makes more sense to someone else than it does to me!

----Eamonn

[eamonnconnor]

Devils Casper:

I tried Alt+Ctrl+F1 but nothing.

It gives me a black screen with txt. The first thing it comes up with is a login prompt. After that....just a std terminal prompt. (i.e. user@kubuntu:~$)

thx

[devils casper]

The first thing it comes up with is a login prompt. After that....just a std terminal prompt. (i.e. user@kubuntu:~$)

You have to configure Display settings. Execute this

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
sudo shutdown -r now

In case it doesn't work, exeute this

sudo lspci | grep -i vga
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Post output here.

[eamonnconnor]

for "sudo lspci | grep -i vga" the output is:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller (rev 06)

for "grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf" the output is:

Driver "vesa"


Thanks again