ubuntu 11.10 live session works installation fails

[Arthur Millar]

hello
i recently tried ubuntu 11.10 on my newish hardware
the live session from my pendrive works great but after I have installed it the graphics go weird

is there anyway i can fix it?
Thanks

[anewguy]

We should probably try to find out what type of video adapter you have so we can see if something special needs to be done.

The first thing you should do:

- boot up the live session
- open up the terminal - just click on the topmost button on the menu that pops in from the side and type ter - you'll see terminal there
- type:
lspci | grep VGA
- post that output back here in a reply

The second thing I would do:

- at boot get the grub menu by pressing the shift key (I *think* that's it for 11.xx) several times as the machine itself is booting, before the OS boots. If you have dual-boot, then the boot menu should already be showing
- highlight a boot line and then edit it (follow the menu on the screen for what keys to press)
- add nomodeset to the boot line
- tell it to boot (again, follow the menu on the screen for what keys to press)

Does it work any better?

Dave

[Arthur Millar]

Hello Dave
Thanks for the reply
Adding nomodeset to payload$ worked

[anewguy]

Glad that worked for you. Do you know how to make that a permanent change - if not we can walk you through that as well.

Dave