Ubuntu server 6.06 LTS won't start after install

saber0091 · 12-06-2007, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by David1357

Try pressing the [Enter] key on the first virtual terminal (VT), which you get to by pressing [Ctrl][Alt][F1]. That may give you a login prompt. If so, you are golden. It just means your X server put your display in an unsupported mode. You can fix it by editing your X configuration file (either /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf) to use a resolution you know your monitor supports (e.g. 640x480 or 1024x768).

You will probably want to paste the contents of your X configuration file and the output of your X server log (somewhere in /var/log) here so we can tell you what to change.

Yes, pressing Enter on the first VT did give me a login prompt.

I found a "Xorg.0.log" and "Xorg.0.log.old" under /etc/vars directly, but it's long and there doesn't seem to be anything that just jumps right out as to what's wrong. The last few things on it is configuring the mouse and keyboard without error messages. Last line is:

(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

Alright, I managed to find my way through the directories to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It has sections for Device, Monitor, and Screen that seem to be relevant. The rest seems to be input devices.

Section "Device"
Identifier "Cirrus Logic GD 5434-8 [Alpine]"
Driver cirrus
BusID "PCI:0:12:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-64
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Cirrus Logic GD 5434-8 [Alpine]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Short of typing up everything by hand, I haven't the foggiest idea how to get those files up here in full.

saber0091 · 12-06-2007, 08:49 PM

I used VI and simply deleted the highest resolution in the xorg.conf file, and it /seems/ like the boot spit out more text than usual (but I might be imagining things, or it might be because I found ctrl-alt-del for rebooting instead of the power button), but it ended up with the exact same problem still. And I can still get a login prompt at the first VT as before.

David1357 · 12-07-2007, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by saber0091

Yes, pressing Enter on the first VT did give me a login prompt.

That is excellent news. Linux is up and running properly. Now all we have to do is get your X setup sorted out.

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Originally Posted by saber0091

I found a "Xorg.0.log" and "Xorg.0.log.old" under /etc/vars directly, but it's long and there doesn't seem to be anything that just jumps right out as to what's wrong.

We really need to see the output of "Xorg.0.log". Can you copy it to a thumb drive? Your other option is to ssh into your machine and then you can copy and paste on whatever machine you are using to post here.

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Originally Posted by saber0091

Section "Device"
Identifier "Cirrus Logic GD 5434-8 [Alpine]"
Driver cirrus
BusID "PCI:0:12:0"
EndSection

Does "lspci" show a "Cirrus Logic" video adapter at "00:12.0"?

What is your "Driver" setting in your "Device" section?

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Originally Posted by saber0091

Short of typing up everything by hand, I haven't the foggiest idea how to get those files up here in full.

Since Linux is up and running, you should be able to ssh into your machine. If the ssh server is not already running, you can start it by running "/etc/init.d/ssh start". If your network interface does not have an IP address, you can assign one statically using "ifconfig eth0 X.X.X.X" where "X.X.X" is your subnet, and ".X" is an unused number on your network. If you have a DHCP server, run "dhclient eth0".

saber0091 · 12-09-2007, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by David1357

We really need to see the output of "Xorg.0.log". Can you copy it to a thumb drive? Your other option is to ssh into your machine and then you can copy and paste on whatever machine you are using to post here.

Since Linux is up and running, you should be able to ssh into your machine. If the ssh server is not already running, you can start it by running "/etc/init.d/ssh start". If your network interface does not have an IP address, you can assign one statically using "ifconfig eth0 X.X.X.X" where "X.X.X" is your subnet, and ".X" is an unused number on your network. If you have a DHCP server, run "dhclient eth0".

DOS I know pretty well, but I haven't the foggiest idea how to get to a thumb drive within the linux command prompt, much less copy something to it. The ethernet cards, both, seem to be having issues. They would not configure over DHCP during setup. I'm not sure what's going on with them, as I don't know how to troubleshoot those within Linux. So SSH is out, at the moment.

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Originally Posted by David1357

Does "lspci" show a "Cirrus Logic" video adapter at "00:12.0"?

What is your "Driver" setting in your "Device" section?

Where do I find "lspci"? And do you mean the "Driver" setting in Xorg.conf file?

mathewrobertson · 10-27-2009, 02:57 AM

hello i need some help i have installed ubuntu server 6.06 on virtual box it boot and gets to grub boot loader and just sits there saying uncompressing Linux OK booting the kernel.