Op zondag 22-04-2007 om 19:15 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Stijn Verslycken: > On 4/22/07, Jan Claeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you know why the kernel paniced? (And why the alternate CD didn't > > panic, as it uses exactly the same kernel...)
> I have no idea. Because the graphical bootup screen was used, I have > no idea what was actually happening. I saw the progress indicator > stopped, my cd drive stopped, there was no activity on my harddisk and > all leds started blinking, a typical sign to indicate a kernel panic. You can try to switch to the virtual console that has the boot messages before it panics. > I tried to reproduce it later on, but luckily I was not able to do so. > It boots up the system, and instead of showing the gdm login screen, > it shows a blue screen "Failed to start the X server....." and then a > command line login prompt. > > Did you try to boot using the "safe graphics" boot option? > > I did, but the results are all the same. If the live-cd can't start X with the "safe graphics" option, that must mean your graphics card has no VESA BIOS or it is broken...? Or do you mean that happened only _after_ installing with the alternative CD? -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
