The beta was set before the fix to the usplash was done, and I believe the usplash bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147623) interfered with the autodetect.
If there were a simple way to update the packages on the beta livecd then I'd test this hypothesis, but apparently livecd's are built using Gentoo. So I'll wait for the developers to release rc1. The work around is to do the install in safe graphics mode. Then after booting into the newly installed system and updating to most recent packages you should get a prompt from System > Hardware Drivers saying that there's a restricted driver for your hardware. Enable the nvidia driver and you should be all set. Doing an install in low graphics used to be impossible, but the installer has been made to use windows that fit on a lowres screen. -- rec -- On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Daniel Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am also unable to install Ubuntu 8.04 Beta AMD64 on the Dell Latitude > D630 because of this issue. The i386 version of 8.04 Beta does not have > this issue and I can boot the live cd with ease. My guess (with limited > knowledge) is that there are two problems here. > > 1. The auto detection of the graphics card and LCD is failing, in this case > the laptop has a "nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 135M" > 2. The live cd is not handling the "low graphics" dialog properly. > > So I would guess that the graphics detection problem is due to the AMD64 > version of the driver, and the live cd "low graphics" problem may well > occur in both i386 and AMD64 versions. I will try and find a way of > forcing the "low res" dialog on the i386 version to prove that theory. > > > > -- > livecd gdm failure after low-graphics dialog > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194187 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- livecd gdm failure after low-graphics dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194187 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
