[vox-tech] Replaced FC with Kubuntu in Dual Boot env.

[Richard Crawford]

On Saturday 14 January 2006 15:10, Alex Mandel wrote:
> Did you install ATI drivers?

I'm pretty sure they came with the distribution.  I know that there are some 
other ATI drivers out there which I'll try to download and install later.  
Right now I'm just happy to have it working.


> Maybe boot with the install disk in rescue or some other way that lets
> you into edit the xorg and temporarily change the Driver "ATI ..." so
> that it can't find it. (Saw this solution for "nvidia" to "nv")
> Hopefully that'll at least get you in to figure out what's wrong.

I was using alt+F6 to boot into terminal mode, so I edited the xorg.conf file 
(and the /boot/grub/menu.1st file) that way.

>
> I did also confirm that check battery is the last thing Kubuntu does
> before bringing up the login page.

That makes sense.  I've seen this issue reported several times, and it always 
had something to do with the video drivers.

-- 
Richard S. Crawford (http://www.mossroot.com)
"That which does not kill me makes me stranger."
    -Llewellyn, from Ozy & Millie
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