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Lomapur
October 21st, 2012, 07:29 PM
Hello all !

Today I've updated my father's old laptop's OS from Lubuntu 12.04 to Lubuntu 12.10 (by Update Manager). Now when I'm trying to boot it up it freeze after splash screen. Runlevel 3 -same. Runlevel 1 - uff, it works. Checked some logs, but no luck in finding fatal errors (but I'm just learning, so I might miss some). Here are:

boot.log (http://pastebin.com/mTygGLd5)
syslog (http://pastebin.com/yV59tB0i)
Xorg.0.log (http://pastebin.com/y2SJ9s8n)

tried to startx/xinit from runlevel 1, as I thought it might be the case, logs:

startx/xinit (http://pastebin.com/XNXEuwzx)

strace of startx:

strace (http://pastebin.com/bX79Ft7L)

It's Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 with Trident CyberBlade XP.

Thanks in advance. :)

vinodc
October 21st, 2012, 09:13 PM
i too have a similar issue... along with the ATI graphics card issue... :(

have been on it for the last 7 hourts... :mad:

vinodc
October 21st, 2012, 10:11 PM
reinstalled xserver using this commands

sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg



Then installed a custom ATI card driver...

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install fglrx-legacy

That fixed my issue

BURGINABC
October 29th, 2012, 05:48 PM
reinstalled xserver using this commands

sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg



Then installed a custom ATI card driver...

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install fglrx-legacy

That fixed my issue

Interesting... I tried the last four of those steps without doing the first three first (got my info from somewhere besides this thread, and it didn't give the first three steps), and it broke my system. What difference does it make to purge, reinstall, and reconfigure the xserver before installing the ppa? If I did all seven steps you listed in order do you think it could work this time?

Bucky Ball
October 29th, 2012, 05:53 PM
If I did all seven steps you listed in order do you think it could work this time?

vinodc posted them because they worked. Give it a try. You broke your system last time so the only way is up ...

BURGINABC
October 30th, 2012, 12:38 AM
Nope. Same thing happened as last time: booting the default initrd after adding the ppa booted into a blank black screen, and booting one of the backup initrds from the grub menu boots into a system which is functional but has broken opengl. It looks like the non-accelerated radeon driver is my only option for now.

kenpachiZaraki
November 1st, 2012, 06:30 AM
tried to startx/xinit from runlevel 1, as I thought it might be the case, logs:

startx/xinit (http://pastebin.com/XNXEuwzx)

strace of startx:

strace (http://pastebin.com/bX79Ft7L)

It's Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 with Trident CyberBlade XP.

Thanks in advance. :)

I am having similar issues with my start up as splash screen also hangs. Am I right in seeing a problem with your system not being able to see the x server (part responsible for prompting for usernames and passwords)?. I see this from both the above logs.

Quick question, if you cannot load your system how were you able to get a copy of these logs?!?

fragtion
November 3rd, 2012, 11:24 PM
Hey guys, this is a known issue with Trident Cyberblade cards. I've got the same problem since upgrading to Quantal 12.10. Removing the xserver-xorg-video-trident package allowed me back into X with a working display, but I doubt it's going to perform half as well on anything semi-demanding? (am yet to check)

See the release notes for more info - it admits the issue explicitly: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuDesktop#QuantalQuetzal.2BAC8-ReleaseNotes.2BAC8-CommonInfrastructure-1.Video_Drivers

What I'm curious to know is: is this going to be fixed at all? Or has support for this chipset been abandoned completely? Because I'll be happy to keep running without the official driver for a while (as I only use this pc for simple tasks) if I know that some devs are working on this. Otherwise I know I should go back to 12.04 for sure? hmmmm ;/

vboxu
November 5th, 2012, 05:49 PM
I've got a sony vaio yb notebook (amd e-450 apu), and the exact same thing happens. I booted a live 12.10 64bit lubuntu usb flash, and it hangs on the lubuntu splash screen with the little dots going by but nothing else happens. lubuntu 12.04 64bit (installed) runs fine (am using fglrx-updates).

I also tried the standard (unity) 64bit live 12.10 usb flash, and it booted and ran ok (it was using the radeon driver).

I think this is yet another reason why I wish lubuntu 12.04 was an LTS.

vboxu
November 5th, 2012, 09:43 PM
After backing up my 12.04, I ran the upgrade to 12.10, and everything looks fine.

Maybe it's because I already had fglrx-updates. It kept this as my display driver.

Bucky Ball
November 6th, 2012, 01:11 AM
I think this is yet another reason why I wish lubuntu 12.04 was an LTS.

12.04 LTS is an LTS release. ;)

Rex Bouwense
November 6th, 2012, 06:06 PM
Lubuntu 12.04 is not a long term release. So far there have been no long term releases for Lubuntu.

Bucky Ball
November 6th, 2012, 11:50 PM
Lubuntu 12.04 is not a long term release. So far there have been no long term releases for Lubuntu.

+1. Forgot. I stand corrected.

bbmak
March 12th, 2013, 07:57 PM
I also have the same problem. I have a Portege 2000, which has the Trident CyberBlade XP card.
Does anyone fix the problem yet?

Bucky Ball
March 13th, 2013, 01:32 AM
I also have the same problem. I have a Portege 2000, which has the Trident CyberBlade XP card.
Does anyone fix the problem yet?

I suggest you start a new thread with a descriptive title rather than resurrecting this one and burying yourself 15 posts deep. As you would have different hardware to the OP you do not have the 'same' problem. Good luck.