Can only boot from Ubuntu 8.10 Live CD

[hayden78]

Hey guys.


I was wondering, any idea why I'd be able to get Ubuntu working with the Live CD, but not a fresh install? I know the install went *well*, disc is good. In fact, I tried 3 different discs, just to eliminate a bad install. I noticed that when I booted from the cd, I went into other boot options, and X'd :

acpi= off
noapic
nolapic
edd=on

just editing those did nothing, so I went to safe graphics mode, and it booted, but only from the cd. Any thoughts?

Just for more info, after going into terminal and doing lspci I got this:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)


I'm not sure , maybe there is a way to edit, so I stay in safe graphics mode when I boot from my hdd? Thanks.

[ahiliation]

which version of ubuntu are you trying to install ?

[ahiliation]

Oh it is 8.10

[devils casper]

Execute this

grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Post output here.

Have you tried to fix display through this

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

?

[hayden78]

Execute this

grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Post output here.

Have you tried to fix display through this

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

?

cheers for the replies .

here's what I got:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Driver "vesa"


No, I have not tried that, Casper. I am very new to linux. It's taking me a while to get a decent install. I had to actually do all kinds of things, just to get my computer going again. But I did manage to get everything up and running. I didn't change anything, and I wore one of those wrist bands, to stay grounded. I will try that last terminal command now.

[ahiliation]

if possible change driver to "i810" or "intel"

[hayden78]

if possible change driver to "i810" or "intel"

I'm trying to figure out exactly how to change that now. Cheers for the advice.

[hayden78]

I'm not sure how to change the driver so it's intel. I'm assuming it takes more than a simple edit of xorg.conf.This 'vesa', it's default?

[devils casper]

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Replace "vesa" with "i810".

You can use text based editro too.
Execute this in Terminal :

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Press Ctrl+x, y and hit Enter key to save file.