[Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu Feisty - A little disappointed...

[Stijn Verslycken]

On 4/22/07, Jan Claeys <ubuntu at janc.be> wrote:
> Op zondag 22-04-2007 om 19:15 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Stijn
> Verslycken:
> > On 4/22/07, Jan Claeys <ubuntu at janc.be> wrote:
> > > Do you know why the kernel paniced?  (And why the alternate CD didn't
> > > panic, as it uses exactly the same kernel...)
>
> > I have no idea. Because the graphical bootup screen was used, I have
> > no idea what was actually happening. I saw the progress indicator
> > stopped, my cd drive stopped, there was no activity on my harddisk and
> > all leds started blinking, a typical sign to indicate a kernel panic.
>
> You can try to switch to the virtual console that has the boot messages
> before it panics.
>

It doesn't occur any more... even when booting with the "quiet" and
"splash" boot options.
An improvement :)


> > I tried to reproduce it later on, but luckily I was not able to do so.
> > It boots up the system, and instead of showing the gdm login screen,
> > it shows a blue screen "Failed to start the X server....." and then a
> > command line login prompt.
>
> > > Did you try to boot using the "safe graphics" boot option?
> >
> > I did, but the results are all the same.
>
> If the live-cd can't start X with the "safe graphics" option, that must
> mean your graphics card has no VESA BIOS or it is broken...?
>
> Or do you mean that happened only _after_ installing with the
> alternative CD?
>

Booting from the live cd results in a failing X, installing Feisty
results in a failing X... everything results in a failing X (even the
reconfiguring). The only thing that helped here was installing the ATI
proprietary drivers, what I was about to do anyway in order to use my
1680x1050 resolution.

The X server provided on the installation media (live or alternate) is
clearly broken, as stated in the existing bug report. They were aware
of it before the final release of Feisty.

Vesa used to work before Feisty, and works with other distro's.

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Stijn "Slike" Verslycken
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