Drivers,..

[Zerocool Djx]

But he says the installation shows the GUI alright, the problem is after the reboot of it: "-" is on the screen. or at least he could utilize the TTY's

exactly, I don't get why it would boot up on a live CD (usb), then after the install do this, weird.

I'm trying a reinstall and see if it work...

[Zerocool Djx]

yea did the same thing on a reinstall. I'd really like the Gnome look but I guess it's not in the cards, unless someone can solve the mystery.

[ram0042]

yea did the same thing on a reinstall. I'd really like the Gnome look but I guess it's not in the cards, unless someone can solve the mystery.

Well, Ubuntu 11.04 loads Unity by default. it should switch to 2d if your card does not handle it. I have no idea how to get Gnome 2.32 to load without the login screen.
This is hypothetically speaking of which you have Ubuntu 11.04 installed.

[Zerocool Djx]

Well, Ubuntu 11.04 loads Unity by default. it should switch to 2d if your card does not handle it. I have no idea how to get Gnome 2.32 to load without the login screen.
This is hypothetically speaking of which you have Ubuntu 11.04 installed.

10.04 Lynx

[ram0042]

10.04 Lynx

have you used gnome2 before in you x200?

[Zerocool Djx]

have you used gnome2 before in you x200?

Nah, this is first time for that, Kubuntu has worked on this before, if I have to I'll go that route for an upgrade, but I was hoping to do a switch over. had Kubuntu 8.04 in it before.

[ram0042]

Nah, this is first time for that, Kubuntu has worked on this before, if I have to I'll go that route for an upgrade, but I was hoping to do a switch over. had Kubuntu 8.04 in it before.

I could say that KDE is slightly lighter on resources than gnome2 , yet, I had gnome2 work on a 800MHz cpu and a 16-bit ati agp card

[Zerocool Djx]

I could say that KDE is slightly lighter on resources than gnome2 , yet, I had gnome2 work on a 800MHz cpu and a 16-bit ati agp card

Well, considering the low resources available, it might be a better option to go Kubuntu anyway.

[ram0042]

Well, considering the low resources available, it might be a better option to go Kubuntu anyway.

Yes, we have to keep in mind that not all systems handle gnome the same as others.

[Zerocool Djx]

Kubuntu 10.04 won't even load on this either. looks like it's the end of the line for this craptop.