csk8tr
January 29th, 2010, 09:28 PM
I just got done installing Ubuntu 9.10 (64-bit) on an Acer AS1810T laptop. The install part works just fine and I get through the reboot. However, there is a weird video flicker thing that happens after the machine comes back up. It appears to boot and I see text going across the screen. During a normal boot, the screen goes blank and then the text appears smaller (refreshes the resolution). However at this point, the screen goes blank and then flickers white (or light gray) for 1 second, then goes blank again for 5-6 seconds and then flickers for 1 second. It gets caught in this "loop" indefinitely. If I hit the power button, I'm able to see text with things shutting down. Not sure what the problem is, but if I had to guess, it's the video card (Intel GMA 4500M HD) or the fact that I have the hard drive set to AHCI instead of IDE. Another thing to point out is, when I boot from the USB drive and choose the Live version, it boots up with no issues.
Any thoughts or ideas?
Any thoughts or ideas?