@ Andrea, The 12.04 and 12.04.1 images use the same basic kernel and X-stack (other than bug fixes and security updates) so I suspect you're dealing with an additional issue. You should first of all rule out a bad disc/USB (depending on which you're using to install) by entering the advanced boot options as described here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions#Ubuntu_CD_Advanced_Welcome_Page_Options Then select Check disc for defects. That will take several minutes to complete, but unless it shows no errors found then you have bad installation media. Additionally a quick Google search shows that the hardware involved may be: Intel Celeron M 1.70GHz VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP 512MB RAM Have you upgraded the RAM? If you're still running with 512MB of RAM you can probably still install Ubuntu Precise but you'll once again have to enter the advanced boot options and choose Install Ubuntu from that menu. Or you may need to use the Alternate CD. Also DO NOT choose to download updates or install 3rd party software when asked, and DO NOT choose to automatically login. Some of the reasoning behind that is based solely on personal experience and goes far beyond the scope of this bug report. I also think that you'll likely find that Unity-2D is even quite slow on that hardware so you'll likely want to do something like this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1966370 In fact if you have or are willing to create an Ubuntu Forums account you could post in that thread and I'll be glad to try and help you. I'm kansasnoob there :^) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1205643 Title: VIA P4M800 graphics broken in Lubuntu/Xubuntu Saucy & 12.04.4 candidate Status in “xserver-xorg-video-openchrome” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “xserver-xorg-video-openchrome” source package in Saucy: Won't Fix Status in “xserver-xorg-video-openchrome” source package in Trusty: Fix Released Bug description: Please bear with me and read all of this. Since I can't get a working display in Saucy with that graphics chip I need to use this method to file the initial bug report, but I can provide info using a chroot or replacing the "quiet splash" boot parameter with "text" which takes me to a tty interface. I hope using the tty interface provided by using the "text" boot parameter I can use "apport-collect" to collect the info needed from an installed Lubuntu 13.10 but I won't do so until asked by a dev in case some "switch" needs to be set to collect the appropriate info. I also want to say that I'm fully aware that graphics chip is not supported by Ubuntu/compiz itself, or even GNOME's mutter window manager, but I think it should still work with the openbox, metacity, and Xfwm window managers ...... at least I hope so :^) So onto what actually happens. When I try to boot either Lubuntu or Xubuntu Saucy Alpha 2, either the live image or an installed version, I just get a frozen progress bar. So it's just 5 frozen dots on the screen. If I try booting through the recovery mode or otherwise trying to "startx" or "'sudo service lightdm start' I just get a blank screen. I can see the backlight is working but that's all. This is the specific hardware: VIA C7 CPU @ 1500MHz VIA CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 Graphics [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01) VIA VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78) 1GB DDR2 RAM I did take a pic of the live image boot process while dealing with an unrelated d-i bug during Lubuntu Alpha 2 testing process: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/145894508/P4M800_xfreeze.JPG Now I'm wondering what else to say ............... the same Saucy images and installs work with two other totally different sets of hardware. I'm ready to roll up my sleeves to help gather any needed info. Thanks in advance. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/+bug/1205643/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
