[ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck
Last week, after trying very hard, I managed to install a working version of Windows XP and then install a working version of Edubuntu. Success, I exclaimed and there things stayed over the week end, computer switched on but not in use, until this morning. In order to check another problem I needed to switch off and reboot the machine and this is what happened:- Selected Shut Down and waited, just before finally shutting down I got a message telling me that 'video mode not supported', which lasted a second or so, and then the computer switched off. After waiting about 30 seconds I pressed the start button and, after a short wait with a blank screen, a menu appeared from which I selected Edubuntu. (Please note, there was no screen showing mother board details such as Intel.) I then got the message saying 'video mode not supported', which lasted for a second or so and then the screen asking for name appeared. I completed with name and password and when everything was fully loaded I again shut down the computer. As before, following the message 'video mode not supported', the computer switched off; 30 seconds wait, switch on, menu appeared, selected Windows XP and, after a short wait with a blank screen the dreaded blue screen appeared. (Please note, there was no error message about the video not being supported.) So, there you have it. I have spent the weekend under the delusion that I had successfully installed a dual boot system, on one hard drive, of Edubuntu and Windows XP. This raises the following questions:- Why no start up screen Why the video error message Why the dreaded blue screen Are these in some way connected There may be more but I can't think of any at the moment. Friends, I have very little hair left and, if this goes on much longer, I will be completely bald, which is not a good thing with the winter upon us. Please, please help me get things sorted. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck
Hi Norman, On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:54:07AM +, norman wrote: Why no start up screen Why the video error message Chances are it is in fact there but you can't see it. I suspect the Video mode not supported is being reported by your display (not the PC hardware or software) because Linux is trying to drive the display in a mode that, well, the display does not support. This is probably down to the splash-screen system usplash. You can test this theory by temporarily disabling the splash screen and get nice verbose text output during bootup by following this procedure:- Boot the PC to the GRUB menu. Hilight the Ubuntu line you normally use (that has the video mode error) then press 'e' to edit. This will take you to a new menu. Go down to the kernel line and press 'e' to edit. Move across to the end of the line and remove the words splash and quiet then press enter. Press 'b' to boot. You should get lots of text, and no video mode not supported error. You will then get the logon screen. Why the dreaded blue screen Without knowing what the exact detail of the blue screen error message it's difficult to tell. Can you boot to the blue screen, and note down the top few lines then we can google (and search the microsoft knowledge base) to figure out what the issue is. You could also try booting windows in safe mode. To do this you can choose Windows from the GRUB menu, then press F8 to get a boot menu and choose Safe mode (I _think_ - I don't use windows so cannot confim this 100%). Are these in some way connected Probably not, but without seeing the specific error message it's hard to tell. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck
norman wrote: Last week, after trying very hard, I managed to install a working version of Windows XP and then install a working version of Edubuntu. Success, I exclaimed and there things stayed over the week end, computer switched on but not in use, until this morning. In order to check another problem I needed to switch off and reboot the machine and this is what happened:- Selected Shut Down and waited, just before finally shutting down I got a message telling me that 'video mode not supported', which lasted a second or so, and then the computer switched off. After waiting about 30 seconds I pressed the start button and, after a short wait with a blank screen, a menu appeared from which I selected Edubuntu. (Please note, there was no screen showing mother board details such as Intel.) I then got the message saying 'video mode not supported', which lasted for a second or so and then the screen asking for name appeared. I completed with name and password and when everything was fully loaded I again shut down the computer. As before, following the message 'video mode not supported', the computer switched off; 30 seconds wait, switch on, menu appeared, selected Windows XP and, after a short wait with a blank screen the dreaded blue screen appeared. (Please note, there was no error message about the video not being supported.) So, there you have it. I have spent the weekend under the delusion that I had successfully installed a dual boot system, on one hard drive, of Edubuntu and Windows XP. This raises the following questions:- Why no start up screen I am not clear which scree this is? Is it the Ubuntu logo with a progress bar? Why the video error message sounds a bit like graphics card is sending out stuff at that stage which the monitor (Flat screen lcd?) cannot digest Why the dreaded blue screen Sorry, do not know, I have come to expect windows to be unpredictable and bsod being a useless diagnostic tool! Are these in some way connected Is it possible that the clean install of windows requires a suitable driver for the graphics card (or monitor?). There may be more but I can't think of any at the moment. Friends, I have very little hair left and, if this goes on much longer, I will be completely bald, which is not a good thing with the winter upon us. Please, please help me get things sorted. in the file /boot/grub/menu.lst you will see something like the following line (in your topmost or default list option) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=92fa534e-c39c-4a40-b507-db336f8876e0 ro quiet splash If the 'quiet' is removed you will be shown more text during the boot process. I think that the various boot up 'splash' displays may be a high resolution by default now and this may be too high for your graphics card settings or capabiltiy (?). It should not affect how ubuntu runs though, just what you see on the display during boot. I have a dell inspiron 1100 which had this ever since 6.06 I think. What do live CD s do? -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck
Report back time:- You were correct making that amendment to the kernel line produced lots of script and no error message. Does that mean that the poor old monitor is just that, poor and old? The windows error is UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME I Googled and noted that this is quite a common error and some remedies are given. I will have a go and report further. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck
snip Thanks for that, it basically encouraged me to use my setup disc and to be patient. At the prompt I typed chkdsk /r and got the response 'The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems. Now what, more research? Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck
norman wrote: Report back time:- You were correct making that amendment to the kernel line produced lots of script and no error message. Does that mean that the poor old monitor is just that, poor and old? The windows error is UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME I Googled and noted that this is quite a common error and some remedies are given. I will have a go and report further. Norman Sounds like the monitor error is related to usplash. For some reason my desktop (or two of them at least) don't seem to set the right resolution in usplash when they're installed. I just live with it, although as mentioned elsewhere you can re-configure usplash to work within the support ranges of your monitor. Ta, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck
You could try a windows repair, as I sent you details on before. That should work. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 03 December 2007 17:10 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck snip Thanks for that, it basically encouraged me to use my setup disc and to be patient. At the prompt I typed chkdsk /r and got the response 'The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems. Now what, more research? Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck
You could try a windows repair, as I sent you details on before. I followed the details you sent me before which is why I tried to get chkdsk to do the repair for me. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck
Try a windows repair: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341 regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 03 December 2007 21:17 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck You could try a windows repair, as I sent you details on before. I followed the details you sent me before which is why I tried to get chkdsk to do the repair for me. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
