with yesterdays' live cd I was able to boot although my lcd turned off first.
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:53 AM, giorgio130 <g...@hotmail.it> wrote: > Same problem on my laptop, it mounts a GeForce 9600M GT. LCD turns off > when I think plymouth should come up. I think xorg doesn't chrash at > all, because if I wait long enough, I can shut it down properly, i.e. > press the shutdown button then enter -> it shuts down. > > -- > Lucid Alpha3 live cd failing to boot properly, monitor powers off during > boot. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529563 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > > Hello, > Ubuntu Lucid Alpha 3 Live CD. > The problem I am having is the live cd will only get as far as the cd's > boot menu, and when I select either install or live cd, something shuts off > my monitor and the power button blinks (no output to monitor I think). I > tried this several times without setting special boot options, and several > times with random boot options but I still can't get it too keep power to my > monitor. This also happens with the check cd for errors option. Being that I > have no display afterwards and the live cd is session only I have no log > files or error messages to look at. If it is not the Nouveau drivers, then > it might be ubiquity or xorg crashing my display. > > It is not a problem with my monitor, because I am running Lucid alpha3 as > we speak. Also, virtualbox ose in Karmic had no problem running the iso > image of Lucid-alpha3. I md5'ed the iso and it checks out fine. The problem > is only booting the cd from my PC. Another observation is the lack of > display does not prevent Lucid Alpha 3 live cd from booting into a live > session, because after 5 minutes or more I can here the ubuntu login sound > eventually. > > I finally managed to get alpha 3 installed on my computer, but to do that I > had to perform the upgrade (update-manager -d) over my 9.10 installation. I > couldn't use a free partition like I was hoping. Prior to the Karmic to > Lucid upgrade, I installed the proprietary Nvidia graphics card driver to > ensure I had working drivers after the upgrade. I believe the driver series > was 185. This driver does not show up in the window of the hardware manager > in Lucid alpha3. Instead, it shows I have two of them activated, but not > currently in use. The names of them are "version current" and > "nVida/Riva/TNT/GeForce". > > My graphics card is a MSI branded Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS PCI Express x16. A > list of my hardware is included with this bug report. > thanks, > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Sun Feb 28 11:51:24 2010 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu2 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-14.20-generic > SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-generic i686 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/529563/+subscribe > -- Lucid Alpha3 live cd failing to boot properly, monitor powers off during boot. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529563 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
