[Discuss] The T61p meets Kubuntu

[Jeremy Kiffiak]

On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 12:08 -0800, Steven Kurylo wrote:

>>     Thanks for the suggestions. For whatever reason 7.04 also came up
>> black screen, and I wasn't willing to head into my archive of 6.xx
>> ISO's. And based on my limited knowledge of single user mode,  
>> would I be
>> wrong to assume you must first have actually installed the system? My
>> problem was that I couldn't get as far as beginning the install  
>> process.
>> The order was ... system echo, Kubuntu splash, system echo, brick.
>> Sometimes I got as far x booting, but then brick.
>
> Ahh, that makes more sense, its during the install.  Doesn't the
> installer have an option to enter VGA mode on the boot menu?
>
> I haven't checked the latest release but I assume Ubuntu still
> publishes their alternative installer CDs.  You can do a text mode
> install with them.


     That's what I mean when I say no-fix bug. VGA mode, nosplash  
noacpi,
alternate install disk, text install then configure xorg.conf ... they
all ended in brick mode. Frustrating to say the least. Granted, someone
with greater knowledge than myself would probably be able to navigate
their way into a working system eventually, but considering the effort I
put into it, I am guessing we are talking about someone who knew the
system and/or Linux pretty damn well. I simply don't stand a chance.

     I drive a bus. I only do comp-sci as a hobby. :-)
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