The last Bert
October 31st, 2011, 04:41 PM
Hi,
I just installed the latest kubuntu on my HP Pavilion dv6552ea laptop. The install process worked fine (from the alternate installer CD), but once the install is complete and the operating system boots, the display is badly distorted and flickering. Switching to a terminal using Ctrl_Alt_F1 does not help, this is just as flickery and distorted, and I am unable to properly read results of any commands I type, so editing config files is out of the question. My understanding is that the terminal no longer runs in text only mode, so must still be using the frame buffer.
Is this fixable? I don't see Grub at startup, but not sure if the correct key press at the correct time would allow me to change some parameters to boot in to text only mode and try and fix this. Alternatively I could try apt-get install open-sshserver from my barely readable terminal, then fix this remotely. The problem is, I'm not sure what to try even if I can get a sensible terminal up. Is this a problem with nouveau?
I believe the graphics chipset is a Nvidia Geforce 7150M.
Thanks very much for any help, I haven't used Linux for quite a few years!
The Last Bert
I just installed the latest kubuntu on my HP Pavilion dv6552ea laptop. The install process worked fine (from the alternate installer CD), but once the install is complete and the operating system boots, the display is badly distorted and flickering. Switching to a terminal using Ctrl_Alt_F1 does not help, this is just as flickery and distorted, and I am unable to properly read results of any commands I type, so editing config files is out of the question. My understanding is that the terminal no longer runs in text only mode, so must still be using the frame buffer.
Is this fixable? I don't see Grub at startup, but not sure if the correct key press at the correct time would allow me to change some parameters to boot in to text only mode and try and fix this. Alternatively I could try apt-get install open-sshserver from my barely readable terminal, then fix this remotely. The problem is, I'm not sure what to try even if I can get a sensible terminal up. Is this a problem with nouveau?
I believe the graphics chipset is a Nvidia Geforce 7150M.
Thanks very much for any help, I haven't used Linux for quite a few years!
The Last Bert