ongoing trouble installing/booting ubuntu 11.10

[cameron408]

I am having issues with not only Ubuntu, but all Linux distributions. I got the furthest with Ubuntu11.10 ((acpi=off noapic and nomodeset)) after install is finished, on reboot i choose Ubuntu and the screen goes black (no power going to screen) i don't know whats up with this. and thats as far as i get. Ubuntu support has failed me in resolving this, they gave up on my situation. here is the link.
://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/178097

my specs are this:
Dell INSPIRON M5010
AMD Phenom II N850 tripple core
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
4gig ddr3 memory.
dual boot with win7

[zombykillah]

Hi there,
sorry for your trouble.

I guess the issue is your grafic card.
I've had this problem several times in the past.
The preferred driver doesn't work ... and the proprietary driver will only be select-able after installation...

Don't know the solution now ... but I know who to ask ... gonna tell you tomorrow.

[zombykillah]

The last answer tells you a solution:
answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/178097
*gg*
You just didn't know how to interpret it ...
When the bootloader starts it should be possible to add "acpi=off noapic and nomodeset" again ... and startup your pc ... then you can select the ati - proprietary driver for your grafic card

[cameron408]

i only know how to boot the live cd with acpi=off and such, but after the installation and reboot, i don't know how to apply the changes. after i select ubuntu from grub the screen goes black. any idea how i can get around this?

[zombykillah]

7.4.*Booting with GRUB
7.4.1.4. Editing Menu Entries During the Boot Procedure

[cameron408]

i will replay back =)

[cameron408]

ok, i was able to apply acpi=off, but wasnt able to apply nomodeset or noapic. and its frozen at a purple blank screen.

[cameron408]

ok, i added "acpi=off radeon.modeset=0" to the grub on boot, but how the hell do you make it perm lol. any one care to help, im all ears. (by the way, by adding this to the grub booted with no snags at all!)

[Kloschüssel]

You would probably want to edit the file "/boot/grub/grub.cfg". The safe way would be to add a new "menu entry" by copying an original one and add your customized one above it. Just like:

### BEGIN your custom ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-25-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
        recordfail
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e8219ea0-4e71-426d-ab4b-c9d5136a1cfb
        linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic root=UUID=e8219ea0-4e71-426d-ab4b-c9d5136a1cfb ro   splash quiet acpi=off radeon.modeset=0
        initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic
}
### END your custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-25-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
        recordfail
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e8219ea0-4e71-426d-ab4b-c9d5136a1cfb
        linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic root=UUID=e8219ea0-4e71-426d-ab4b-c9d5136a1cfb ro   splash quiet
        initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic
}

Then you reboot and test the configuration.

[cameron408]

thankyou so much guys! i have been struggling with this for months! this is solved for me now.