X in 6.10 ISO Cd installer doesn't work for ATI card
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Ubuntu-X |
Bug Description
This bug was also in Dapper 6.06LTS
It seems not much has been done about this problem.
My original bug number was #35934, and this was marked as a
duplicate of #28925.
This was a clean install, and my video card is ATI X700.
Firstly. I just selected the default install option.
Got the bootsplash (though it looked like the wrong colour mode was selected).
I got the bouncing status bar, then it started loading till it was 1 segment from the end.
Then it just stopped there...eventually I heard the CDRom spin down.
I couldn't switch VT's, it was just stuck on the bootsplash, but i did notice a green line accross the center of the screen that seemed to change when i hit alt-f7 or alt-78.
I tried rebooting, this time with safe graphics mode.
Same problem again!
I reboot again, this time selecting vgamode 1280x1024 32bit.
Ok, bootsplash looks right.
I get to the last segement, then my VT draws correctly, but I got the X blue screen "X failed to start".
At least I could see this now, and also change to a VT to look at log files.
I also tried the safe graphics mode using the vgamode option but got the same results.
It doesn't just work. It's a very frustrating for ATI users.
Attached are a bunch of logs I grabbed on my USB memory stick.
I really applaud the work everyone has done in Ubuntu...it has really come a long way.
Just the odd issue here and there though.
PS - I also did try changing ati to radeon in the Xorg.conf.
You mix up three different problems here:
1. freeze during boot
2. X not starting in the internal display but on the external VGA output.
3. safe graphics mode not working.
1. try adding the options "irqpoll" or "noapic nolapic" to the boot line in the CDs boot menu, check for bugs that relate to that. /launchpad. net/products/ xserver- xorg-driver- ati/+bug/ 22985 /launchpad. net/distros/ ubuntu/ +bug/67405
2. that's https:/
unless you don't have a laptop, or a gfx card with only one output port.
3. that's https:/
I suggest marking this one as closed and add comments to the bugs already filed. For number 1. check if there's bug reports for that already. I used to have a similar problem, but that was fixed in the past.
Changing the driver in xorg.conf from ati to radeon usually doesn't help. You might want to utilise adding the "MonitorLayout" option in xorg.conf as described in the original bug report though. Alternatively, installing the non-free fglrx driver is a workaround likely to work.
Regards,
Dominik