ok i'll try ssh, but i'm not sure if an SSH server will be set up on a live cd boot
also i don't think there's options to select safe or rescue mode when booting off the live CD, i can choose to either install *buntu or run *buntu with no changes to the hard drive, do memtest86+ etc... I'd have lots more ideas if i was able to get the install done... ummm would it be crazy to pull out the hard drive and do the *buntu install from another machine with the same mobo, and then just plug it in again? (obviously without installing nvidia drivers etc...) Could be crazy enough to work! On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Michael Chesterton <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/12/2009, at 3:29 PM, Mike Andy wrote: > >> ok so I've just got the time to try your ideas out and here's where >> i'm at with booting into mythbuntu/ubuntu 9.10 >> >> still no good! >> >> as suggested i can't access /var/lib/Xorg.0.log because once the >> screen starts flashing i can't input anything, i can only see the >> commend line, the black, command line, black etc... > > I had a similar issue with 9.10, but different brand video card. > (it was fixed a day or to after release) > > The way I "fixed" it was to ssh into the box and kill gdm, the old behaviour > was if X died a few times in a row, to stop trying to restart it. Didn't seem > to be the case this time. > > If you can't ssh in, at the grub prompt when you first turn on the computer > there > should be at least 2 linux boot options, the second one should be safe or > rescue mode, I forget the exact term. Try that to see if you can then access > the console and look at the logs. > > > -- > > http://chesterton.id.au/blog/ > http://barrang.com.au/linux/ > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
