Compaq M2105us And Ubuntu Breezy

Xitium · 10-17-2005, 04:34 AM

I have tried to get Ubuntu working on my laptop but have not been able to succed. I have tried both this version and the previous and am having the same problem in both. This happens with the live boot and when I install. Everything starts up fine but then when it starts to load Gnome it can't. Ubuntu detected my video card correctly as an ATI 200m. I don't know that much about linux as im quite new still but am willing to try anything at this point.

Thanks In Advance

harisund · 10-17-2005, 03:22 PM

What you have is very similar to the other products from the Compaq Presario 64 bit line..

you might want to have a look at this, where it is explained whey Gnome crashed on booting with the ATI 200M card.

http://lists.lugod.org/mailinglists/.../msg00003.html

you might just want to go over this as well, but the first one is what you might be looking for:

http://lists.lugod.org/mailinglists/...esario_v2310us

Xitium · 10-24-2005, 10:10 PM

I tried changing the drivers to vesa and still no luck anyone out there have this problem and get a work around for it?

jkmb111 · 10-25-2005, 12:11 AM

I have an ati 200m laptop and also use Breezy.... To use the Ati driver that comes with Breezy, I had to edit my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and add:

Code:

Option  "noaccel"

I added it to mine after BusID in the Section Device section. You may want to:

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

first to set it back to ati...... After I run dpkg I also have to add:

Code:

Load	"i2c"

in the Module section..... 1 more thing. I also have to manually add my screen resolution.... I use "1280x768"

I would try adding "noaccel" first to at least get up and running.