If you can get to the GRUB screen, you can select 'recovery mode' then when the next menu comes up, you'll have the option to run in 'failsafeX' mode. If you don't have the recovery option in grub, just highlight the line for ubuntu and hit 'e' wich will allow you to edit it. Then simply find the line that has 'quiet splash' and replace those words with 'single' and you should be good to go.
Good luck! Jason On Jul 18, 2011 12:31 PM, "Tim Wescott" <[email protected]> wrote: > The scene: > > My office, lunchtime. > > The props: > > My old Dell Inspiron 8300, with a hot new copy of Ubuntu 11.04 still > warm in its CD reader. It's got an ACER x223w LCD display. > > The player: > > Me, frustrated. > > I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 onto my machine, using the usual Ubuntu > "We'll do everything for you" install. Everything went nicely until the > last part, where I actually tried to _use_ Ubuntu. The log in screen > came up just fine, I selected me and entered my password, then it went > to the 'real' screen, but never got far beyond painting the background. > I get little rectangles that randomly flash on the screen, as if the > computer is trying to do something but failing. When I push the power > button some of these rectangles become the shut-down screen, and if I'm > quick I can push the "power off" button and the computer will power down > normally. > > Thankfully, I did not blow away my 10.04 installation -- that's what I'm > writing this missive on. > > I get various messages in various log files. The pertinent ones seem to > be this set, from both syslog and kern.log: > > Jul 18 12:05:22 servo kernel: [ 443.158652] compiz[1325]: segfault at > 34 ip 0137dd75 sp bfcc8110 error 4 in > libnux-graphics-0.9.so.0.942.4[12e4000+cd000] > Jul 18 12:05:28 servo kernel: [ 448.911420] compiz[1473]: segfault at > 34 ip 05e7bd75 sp bfdecd70 error 4 in > libnux-graphics-0.9.so.0.942.4[5de2000+cd000] > Jul 18 12:05:33 servo kernel: [ 453.326184] compiz[1534]: segfault at > 34 ip 0544ed75 sp bfa16e40 error 4 in > libnux-graphics-0.9.so.0.942.4[53b5000+cd000] > Jul 18 12:05:37 servo kernel: [ 457.442759] compiz[1550]: segfault at > 34 ip 0732ed75 sp bff463b0 error 4 in > libnux-graphics-0.9.so.0.942.4[7295000+cd000] > > Accompanied by this set, from Xorg.0.log: > > [ 431.479] Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of > memory: 0 bytes. > [ 443.246] Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of > memory: 0 bytes. > [ 444.234] Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of > memory: 0 bytes. > [ 449.064] Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of > memory: 0 bytes. > > I've done just a bit of web searching, and I did run into complaints (on > a Fedora forum) that this may have something to do with the monitor not > properly communicating its size. > > I assume that what's happening is that the install CD and the login > screen both use some sort of safe graphics mode, but that the real > screen tries to switch to some nifty cool-o 'way-best' mode and causes > the hemi-hang. > > So: > > Anyone know what's going on? Failing that, does anyone know how I can > configure 11.04 to come up in safe mode when I log on? They've worked > so hard to make it safe for grandma to use that when something they > didn't expect happens, it don't work at all! > > TIA > > -- > Tim Wescott > Wescott Design Services > Voice: 503-631-7815 > Cell: 503-349-8432 > http://www.wescottdesign.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
