Ubuntu(studio)8.04.2 - Stops loading at about 70% on progress bar
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Ubuntu(studio)8.04.2 - Stops loading at about 70% on progress bar
Hi,
Packard Bell EasyNote Laptop F5280HR
Celleron 2.8Ghz
Video adapter is a SiSM661FX (SiS661FX on SiS website)
768Mb Memory Installed (64Mb of this used for graphics)
Managed to install Ubuntustudio 8.04.2 eventually by adding vga=771 to boot command.
On booting from hard disk loading freezes at about 70% and I don't get as far as a login or any desktop, for that matter.
It freezes as shown below (last 5 lines shown):
Quote:
cat: /var/lib/acpi-support/system-manufacturer:No such file or directory
cat: /var/lib/acpi-support/system-product-name:No such file or directory
cat: /var/lib/acpi-support/system-product-version:No such file or directory
cat: /var/lib/acpi-support/bios-version:No such file or directory
* Saving VESA state...
I think I have a screen resolution problem.
After booting into "recovery" and dropping into shell...
Thank you for the welcome amani.
It is a pleasure to be involved in Linux - I have 3 desktops running one form of Linux or another.
To enable the "get upgrade" option you describe I presume I will have to activate network manager (or the network) from the command-line to get on-line. How do I do that?
The "pci=norom" didn't work - still freezes at "* saving VESA state..."
Quote:
modprobe agpgart-sis
returned "module could not be found", but maybe I need to be on-line first & get updates?
I've got a bit further forward in that I can now get a Login Screen (complete with background picture) but no desktop.
The problem with the progress bar sticking at 70% was solved by using the solution described at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ub...il/017581.html
Once SAVE_VBE_STATE=true was changed to false in /etc/default/acpi-support that problem was solved & I got through to the Login Screen.
With an unmodified xorg.conf, after login & selecting Gnome (or Gnome-safe) session, I get a grey screen with the top left quarter white.
Adding:
Quote:
Driver "sis"
in the Device section of xorg.conf makes no difference. Adding
Quote:
Driver "vesa"
makes things worse and I drop into a grey screen immediately.
I have updated & upgraded the system &
Quote:
modprobe agpgart-sis
&
Quote:
modprobe agp-sis
both return "module not found".
Is it possible a driver is not being loaded? Or am I just suffering a resolution problem?
I noticed there is a specific open-source driver for my SiS card at http://www.winischhofer.eu/linuxsisvga.shtml but I would have to download & install this from the command-line and I am a newbie!
BUT... when I tried modprobe sis-agp and didn't specify a driver in xorg.conf it worked & I got a desktop. Rebooted twice successfully.
***UPDATE - following day I'm back to no desktop! And repeating what I did above doesn't get me back to one! Very puzzled. (My laptop battery is pretty much useless - might that have something to do with it?)
When I did have a desktop I had no sound!
No sound applet is loaded in sys-tray but having checked alsamixer in terminal all the relevant channels seem to be unmuted and have plenty of level.
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