"Your system is running in low-graphics mode'' after Ubuntu 12.04 LTS update

[matt_symes]

Hi


Try posting the output of you xorg log file. That may give clues as to what is happening.

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Kind regards

[Chris .]

Hi


Try posting the output of you xorg log file. That may give clues as to what is happening.

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Kind regards

Okay, but how do i post it here?
I mean it is a lot of text going by fast, and then stopping.

I bet i sound stupid

[matt_symes]

Hi

In your case, i suspect the easiest way may be to use pastbin.


Open a terminal and type

sudo apt-get install pastebinit

Then type

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | pastebinit

This will give you output similar i(but not the same) to this.

matthew@Aspire;$cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | pastebinit
http://paste.ubuntu.com/123456

Post the URL (which will look similar to this: http://paste.ubuntu.com/123456) back here.


Kind regards

[Chris .]

Hi

In your case, i suspect the easiest way may be to use pastbin.


Open a terminal and type

sudo apt-get install pastebinit

Then type

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | pastebinit

This will give you output similar i(but not the same) to this.

matthew@Aspire;$cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | pastebinit
http://paste.ubuntu.com/123456

Post the URL (which will look similar to this: http://paste.ubuntu.com/123456) back here.


Kind regards

Okay, i tried the

sudo apt-get install pastebinit

And i got this :

Reading package lists... Done
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install- to correct these:

Then it was some text in my language, but it said something about Fglrx and Python-configobj.

So i couldn't install it.

[matt_symes]

Hi

Right then. I have had a better look at this thread.


It seems you have a couple of packages that are still causing the problem to your package manager.


fglrx is not installed correctly, therefore i suspect it is falling back to the vesa or frame buffer driver at 640x480. Hence your low resolution.


This was an upgrade that seems to have gone wrong ?


I find this interesting and needs to be examined.

W: Not using locking for read only file /var/lib/dpkg/lock
E: Unable to write to /var/cache/apt/
e: tHe package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Can you post the output of, from the terminal,

ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/lock /var/cache/apt/ /var/cache/

That is a small L after ls.


Copy and paste (hightlight text->right click->copy) the results back, from the terminal, into your next post.


Kind regards

[Chris .]

Hi

Right then. I have had a better look at this thread.


It seems you have a couple of packages that are still causing the problem to your package manager.


fglrx is not installed correctly, therefore i suspect it is falling back to the vesa or frame buffer driver at 640x480. Hence your low resolution.


This was an upgrade that seems to have gone wrong ?


I find this interesting and needs to be examined.






Can you post the output of, from the terminal,

ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/lock /var/cache/apt/ /var/cache/

That is a small L after ls.


Copy and paste (hightlight text->right click->copy) the results back, from the terminal, into your next post.


Kind regards

Hi again, sorry for the late respone, my internet is been acting weird.
So i tried the code you gave me but how am i supposed to copy the results from my laptop to my pc?
Anyway, i took a picture of it, it's in the attachments.

[Chris .]

/SOLVED.

It got anwsered on Askubuntu.com, and it worked, here is what i followed:

I had the same problem with an Acer Aspire 3810tg. I soved it by doing the following:

Do a normal boot

Press Ctrl-Alt-F1 on the "Your system is running in low-graphics mode" screen

Download the correct driver from http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx, in my case (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330): wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run which should also cover your case (Mobility Radeon HD 4xxx Series)

chmod 755 amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run to make the file executable

sudo ./amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run and follow the standard steps

You might need to run: sudo aticonfig --initial, but that was not necessary for me.

In my case the driver installation finished with an error, but it still worked. I hope this helps.

[Arundhati Mohan]

See the link below:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/12977...e-ubuntu-12-04


This might help

[Arundhati Mohan]

See this link

http://askubuntu.com/questions/12977...e-ubuntu-12-04

[opsharma]

i am running GTS 450 and have installed ubuntu through windows 7 using wubi. Getting the same error still. Can you please help.