David Coton
January 7th, 2013, 09:42 PM
Ubuntu 12.10 64bit with nVidia 660Ti
(System previously had 12.04, upgraded from earlier versions. New video card worked on 12.04)
I had a hard disk failure last night, so I'm trying to reinstall Ubuntu on a different but identical HD. The liveDVD works, no graphics problems. First I forgot about removing previous RAID data from the new HD, which wasted several hours.
Now I have 12.10 installed, but on booting it complains about only having "low graphics", then won't run even that. It won't escape to console either -- just stops. I can't intercept grub (single OS, does not respond to Shift key). I can get a liveDVD console, mount and chroot to the new install, but updates won't behave (unable to resolve any server paths). I can edit the grub configuration using ed, but update-grub complains that the \dev is not mounted (it is -- as far as I understand!)
Help please, before I either harm myself or buy ******* (not even sure I can buy a DIY version, certainly not at a sensible price).
I can try to supply error messages on request, but I'm connected on a different PC so I may have to copy them manually. Yuck.
(System previously had 12.04, upgraded from earlier versions. New video card worked on 12.04)
I had a hard disk failure last night, so I'm trying to reinstall Ubuntu on a different but identical HD. The liveDVD works, no graphics problems. First I forgot about removing previous RAID data from the new HD, which wasted several hours.
Now I have 12.10 installed, but on booting it complains about only having "low graphics", then won't run even that. It won't escape to console either -- just stops. I can't intercept grub (single OS, does not respond to Shift key). I can get a liveDVD console, mount and chroot to the new install, but updates won't behave (unable to resolve any server paths). I can edit the grub configuration using ed, but update-grub complains that the \dev is not mounted (it is -- as far as I understand!)
Help please, before I either harm myself or buy ******* (not even sure I can buy a DIY version, certainly not at a sensible price).
I can try to supply error messages on request, but I'm connected on a different PC so I may have to copy them manually. Yuck.