KUbuntu 10.04 installs fine, but hangs on next boot

dimm0k · 07-05-2010, 02:46 PM

My friend coming from the Windows world recently decided to give Linux a try and with it, she decided to go with KUbuntu. I had her go at it under VMWare so she could have something to fall back on while learning Linux. Problem is after installing KUbuntu we can no longer get back into it as the system locks up while it is trying to boot. All that is seen on the screen is the KUbuntu bootup logo screen and it stays there. Any suggestions on how to proceed with this as I am not familiar with the Ubuntu line of distros.

cmnorton · 07-06-2010, 11:39 AM

This could be a video problem. There should be a boot option that allows you to boot into root recovery, but I have forgotten the exact name on the boot menu. From there you should be able to get in and run this at the command line

dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Found at
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2608130/Ubuntu-Cheat-Sheet

You might be having a different problem, but that's one thing that will hang you up during installation.