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nikefalcon
May 7th, 2010, 08:27 PM
Hallo
I have been trying to do a clean install of Lucid ever since it was released.I tried the Live cds(both i386 and amd64) on my PC. When i boot from disk' plymouth(??) shows the purple screen with the blinking dots, and then my screen powers off and doesn't respond. Same result when i try to run ubuntu without installing. I succeeded in installing from the alternate cd(i386); but when i boot into Lucid the same thing happens all over again!(and i don't even get an error message)
I can't even file a bug report.:mad:

Here (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.gigabyte.com.tw%252 FProducts%252FMotherboard%252FProducts_Spec.aspx%2 53FProductID%253D3024&h=4ffc1&ref=nf) are my mobo's specs- just in case its a problem with the video card(embedded graphics).But i don't get any sound either.

Please help me out!

davidmohammed
May 7th, 2010, 08:37 PM
should just use the 386 install

when trying the livecd, press F6 and add "xforcevesa" in the command line - does it boot into the desktop?

nikefalcon
May 9th, 2010, 06:47 AM
by adding "xforcevesa" to the boot options i can boot and install Lucid but have to use it in low-graphics mode. Its very annoying!
I found two more similar threads:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1476548
and
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1476640

davidmohammed
May 9th, 2010, 10:15 AM
Ok, thats shows your boot issue is due to the intel graphics issue - possibly this wiki may help -
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes

instead of xforcevesa - if you use
i915.modeset=1

what happens?

Also, just to confirm what your graphics card is - boot into your desktop (via xforcevesa) - open a terminal and type

lspci

Dump the contents here.

nikefalcon
May 9th, 2010, 10:37 AM
Partial output of lspci:


00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)


i tried i915.modeset=1 boot parameter; didn't work.
anyway, i fixed it. Here's the tutorial:
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/05/06/ubuntu-10-04-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup-workaround/
had to use "0" instead of "1"

Thanks :)

nikefalcon
March 17th, 2011, 06:44 PM
Here are the links to for anyone who's interested, if at al....
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/linux/+bug/566379
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/566379

Note: Fixed in Maverick.