Sounds like Kubuntu didn't detect your video card properly. You might need to edit your xorg.conf file.
I know one or two other people on the list have similar hardware - maybe if you post the xorg.conf file (usually found at /etc/X11/xorg.conf), one of the them might be able to help. Also, can you post the results of the "lsmod" command? This will show what modules have been loaded. I'm betting we won't see the module for the ATI driver.... Shawn On Monday 30 January 2006 19:10, D Bhardwaj wrote: > Sorry for the delayed response. > This is a new Compaq laptop, Turin64, ATI video. > I tried Suse,Mandriva, Linspire,Ubuntu, Kubuntu. > All resulted in unique problems. Linspire failed miserably. (x86 versions > not 64bit) I prefer to load Kubuntu if I can. > I don't know if the store will take the machine back . > Kubuntu - /etc/init.d/kdm restart responded with Stopping KDM, Starting KDM > and back to text mode. On reboot,it started to 'hang' at the 'checking > battery status' step. Had to hit power off/on. > > Should I just buy old/used hardware? > > Dharam > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:25 pm > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Kubuntu breezy install > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Likely there is a problem with the video drivers. What video card are > > you running? > > > > What happens when you log in as root and then run: > > /etc/init.d/kdm restart > > > > D Bhardwaj wrote: > > > The default install finishes in text mode for some odd reason. I > > > > tried 4 times using 2 different 'regular' iso's. Last year when I > > installed same, it defaulted to KDE at bootup. > > > > > Dharam > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFD0+pHwRXgH3rKGfMRAs3XAJ9Pnzcdw6ZOjWmZz/EEL9L10lIFtwCeNN9F > > +jQ1CSpv9xl+Jiqtlr+/pHQ= > > =Kn1X > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
