On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Joseph Apuzzo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well bad news, in that I was able to boot to Windows 7 and run it for 3+ > hours with no issues. > So it's isolated to Ubuntu64 10.11 The weird thing is that is just reboots > no transmission to terminal, just an instant black screen and MB BEEP! > no hesitation. > Does this mean I have to install and get running LKCD to get to the bottom > of this? > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/CrashdumpRecipe > http://lkcd.sourceforge.net/ > > Why is this bad news? Was/am looking for a good excuse to build a new > system, but I'm only going to do so if I need to. > I think my video card may be the cause, since I updated the driver in > Ubuntu a few weeks ago. Yes and I am tired of the less then stellar ATI/AMD > support and complete lack of working OSS drivers. > > > > I was able to boot to Windows 7 > I guess I kind of thought THAT was the "Bad News" part. ;-) Jack Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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