I've attached an archive of all of the logs that I reference in this post. It includes the dmesg and Xorg log output for the 11.04 install. See dmesg-11.04 and Xorg-11.04.0.log.
I have not successfully reproduced the working 10.10 system. I booted from the 10.10 live CD and got the expected spash screen with the progress dots and ultimately the Install-or-try-ubuntu screen. This seemed promising. But when I clicked Try Ubuntu, I got dumped to the console on tty1. The logs look similar to the 11.04 install. See dmesg-10.10 and Xorg-10.10.0.log. For the record, I get this exact same behavior, including the splash screens, when I boot the 11.04 live CD. Next I booted the 10.04.3 live CD. I got all the way to the Try Ubuntu desktop. So perhaps we should use this as the working baseline. See dmesg-10.04.3 and Xorg-10.04.3.0.log. Finally, I tried 11.10 as you advised. Specifically, I tried oneiric- desktop-amd64.iso from 26-Sep-2011. I got an error: "The installer encountered an unrecoverable error. A desktop session will now be run so that you may investigate the problem or try installing again." When I click OK, I get dumped to the tty7 console with the output from the various boot scripts. Notably, "Starting restore sound card(s') mixer state(s)" reports FAIL, and (perhaps more relevant) "Starting load fallback graphics devices" also reports FAIL. See the dmesg and Xorg.log output in the attached archive. I tried apport-collect as you advised, and it dumped me into Lynx. After I logged in to launchpad, however, nothing happened. Quitting Lynx left me with a screen indicating that apport-collect was waiting to hear back from launch pad. ** Attachment added: "mga-bug-logs.tar.gz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-mga/+bug/854206/+attachment/2465684/+files/mga-bug-logs.tar.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/854206 Title: no desktop login, just console. xorg Matrox MGA driver fails to initialize To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-mga/+bug/854206/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
